KAUKAUNA — The City of Kaukauna is collecting unexpired, nonperishable food items to help community members at Statesburg and Round House Manor.
They also are accepting gift cards to Piggly Wiggly because Piggly Wiggly provides a weekly bus to the residents who have no other transportation.
The food drive runs through Nov. 14.
Items can be dropped off at the City of Kaukauna Municipal Services Building 1st floor rotunda (144 W. 2nd Street) and gift cards can be brought to the second floor to Megan in the Mayor’s office.
OTHER RESOURCES:
Fox Valley Meal prep is hosting a community fridge where patrons can purchase a meal for $5 that will be donated to local Hope Pantries and Little Fridges.
Email News@KaukaunaCommunityNews.com with other businesses in the Fox Valley stepping up.
Wisconsin’s FoodShare program, which provides food assistance to hungry kids, families and seniors, will not be able to issue new deposits to recipients electronic benefits cards Nov. 1 because of the Federal government shutdown.
Based on national and Wisconsin-specific data, most people using FoodShare are children, the elderly or individuals with disabilities living in low-income working households, so are either already working or unable to work.
“As you know, there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty on many issues right now, with the government shutdown magnifying those insecurities,” said Ed Wall, 211 director of United Way of Dane County.
Wall says United Way has already seen an uptick in calls for food assistance, as have most 211 centers across the country.
“We also encourage people to download the 211 App, giving them the ability to browse food pantries and other resources from their mobile devices,” he said.
The Trump Administration recently notified Wisconsin that “there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation” and “directed States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State EBT vendors until further notice.”
