Manchester-Based Midwest Food Bank Sending Relief To Vermont

MANCHESTER CT — Manchester-based Midwest Food Bank New England has sent sent a truckload of family food boxes to Vermont at the request of Disaster Relief partner The Salvation Army.

Destructive flooding was widespread in the Northeast due to storms on July 9 through 11 and the most widespread and damaging flooding was in Vermont.

The load of food boxes and personal hygiene kits left the food bank's MFB Disaster Relief hub in Morton, IL, Monday afternoon. The load is headed to Barre, VT, where The Salvation Army will distribute it.

MFB New England has already sent two loads of bottled water.

"We're glad to be able to answer the need of our neighbors in Vermont," Midwest Food Bank New England Executive Director Jan Young said. "MFB is standing by to offer more help."

Financial donations give Midwest Food Bank the flexibility to quickly and efficiently respond to the needs of "victims" via midwestfoodbank.org and the "donate" page. Donors can select "Disaster Relief" for the designation.

Midwest Food Bank has 12 locations, including 10 in the US, and one each in East Africa and Haiti.

The New England division is on track to distribute more than $30M of free food and basic needs items to their nonprofit agency partners in 2023.