MINOT, ND (KXNET) – The First District Well being Unit is taking part in Nationwide Public Well being Week, serving to the group and you may assist too.
On Tuesday, the day by day theme for Public Well being Week was wholesome neighborhoods, offering nutritious and inexpensive meals to communities.
“One of many methods [we] “What we needed to perform is do a meals drive and donate to our native meals pantries,” mentioned Amy Silverwood-Miranda, workforce growth director for the First District Well being Unit.
Every Market, Cashwise and Walmart location in Minot has a buying listing of the meals the pantries want and carts the place consumers can drop off donations.
All donations, in fact, should be non-perishable and present.
“Many individuals depend on meals pantries day-after-day to get their meals,” Silverwood-Miranda mentioned. “There’s plenty of meals insecurity throughout the nation proper now, so we hope that by donating this meals, we are able to fill these cabinets a bit of extra and actually assist feed these locally who want it.”
Though the First District Well being workforce won’t be within the shops sooner or later, they may proceed accumulating meals till the top of subsequent week.