The Food Depot News:
SANTA FE — In response to numerous wildfires in its service area, The Food Depot is calling for specific donations to assist with the disaster response.
The Food Depot staff consistently maintains a disaster response plan and supplies to support these efforts.
Due to the quick, drastic increase in fires in The Food Depot’s service area and the early start to the fire season, the food bank seeks to ensure its supply, ready to quickly and effectively respond.
Items requested include:
- Baby wipes
- Beef jerky
- Bottled water of any amount, but cases are easiest to transport
- Chapstick, eyedrops
- Gatorade
- Hygiene products including but not limited to: women’s menstrual products, soap, toothpaste
- Individually wrapped, non-perishable snacks
- Q-tips, socks, sunblock
Donations are accepted 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at The Food Depot’s warehouse in Santa Fe, 1222 A Siler Road. To make a monetary donation, go to www.thefooddepot.org/disaster-relief.
The Food Depot delivers, free of charge, to its emergency response partners in nine counties in northern New Mexico.
About The Food Depot
The Food Depot fosters healthy communities by engaging a network of partners and developing solutions to create a hunger-free northern New Mexico. As the food bank for nine counties, The Food Depot provides hunger relief to more than 39,761 people experiencing food insecurity. The Food Depot addresses the crisis of hunger through a combination of drive-thru mobile food pantries, three direct service programs, and support of a network of 81 partner nonprofit programs. During 2021, The Food Depot provided an average of 737,627 meals each month to people in need — the most vulnerable of our community — children, seniors, working families, and those in ill health. The Food Depot is an equal opportunity provider.
