Mobile food pantries were discontinued when the coronavirus pandemic started. Lee Lauren Truesdale, chief development officer at The Foodbank, said they tried to choose locations that didn’t have a local food pantry open and locations that allowed for social distancing.
The Foodbank will require clients to stay six feet apart when they’re picking up food from the mobile food pantries. All staff will wear face masks and clients coming to get food are asked to wear a mask if they have one.
There will be a limit of two households per person at the mobile food pantries.
The June Foodbank mobile pantries will be:
- Monday, June 1 at the Preble County Fairgrounds, 722 S. Franklin Street in Eaton, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Tuesday, June 2 at the Jamestown United Methodist Church, 22 E. Washington Street in Jamestown, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Wednesday, June 3 at the Clark State Beavercreek campus, 3775 Pentagon Boulevard, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Monday, June 8 at the back parking lot of Greater St. John Church, 4200 Germantown Pike in Dayton, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Tuesday, June 9 at Walton Park, 2 Elm Street in Spring Valley, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Tuesday, June 16 at the Fairborn Senior Center, 325 N. 3rd Street in Fairborn, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Wednesday, June 17 at the Xenia Community Center, 1265 W. Second Street, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Monday, June 22 at Be Hope Church, 1850 N. Fairfield Road in Beavercreek, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Tuesday, June 23 at Abiding Christ Church, 326 E. Dayton-Yellowsprings Road in Fairborn, from 10 a.m. to noon
- Wednesday, June 24 at Life Enrichment Center, 425 N. Findlay Street in Dayton, from 10 a.m. to noon
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The Foodbank’s mobile pantry schedule will be released on a month-to-month basis. The Foodbank said the schedule will be released in that format to ensure proper safety guidelines can be put in place.
For help outside of The Foodbank’s hours, call their emergency line at (937) 949-4096 or call the United Way’s 211 help line.
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