Midwest Food Bank and volunteers send relief boxes to Houston

Posted on August 28, 2017
In the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey, Midwest Food Bank, along with 200 volunteers, are sending aid to Houston. (WJBC File Photo)

 

By Breanna Lea/WMBD

NORMAL – A Twin Cities non-profit is doing what it can to help those affected by Tropical Storm Harvey.

The Normal Midwest Food Bank has rallied over 200 volunteers in an effort to pack boxes full of food and necessities. The Salvation Army asked that they send two more semi-truck loads following the two previous that were already sent.

Houston resident and volunteer Tim Fisher explained this is his family’s way of feeling less helpless.

“So we’re back for a family event and then, we like to say stuck, not stranded, because we’re here with family and needed to do something. Needed to find a way to be able to help out,” said Fisher.

The boxes will go to families in Houston so they have what they need to get through this crisis.

Breanna Lea can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…