PREPARE, PRACTICE, DO GOOD
Mark your calendar for the third annual EVCNB Food Can Tsunami for Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10 am until 1 pm.
This is an Emergency Preparedness Drill and Food Drive sponsored by EVCNB that also benefits the Food Banks in our communities. It’s the time to review your GoBag contents, use Yellow Radio skills, and practice walking or driving the route to your evacuation site location. Food Bank donations will be put to good use and it is an easy way for you to do a good deed for your community.
Organizer and volunteer John Beaston explains, “This exercise is a great way to help the North County Food Bank and the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church Food Pantry while preparing and practicing your own emergency skills. Empty your GoBag and review its contents. Toss any expired water, meds, or food and see what other supplies you might be missing. Place cans of food and/or donation checks (made out to either of the Food Bank organizations) in your empty GoBag and head to your Assembly Area or Neighborhood Gathering Site. If you have one, practice using your Yellow Radio to announce that you are on your way. Radio Hams will also be practicing their skills by being at the gathering sites to accept and take your food and cash donations to the Food Banks.”
The Food Banks are always grateful for donations to stock their shelves. They request that you donate commercially canned products (fruit, vegetables, chili, ravioli, refried beans, pork and beans, soup, spaghetti sauce, and tuna), boxed macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, fruit jams, cold cereal, and 64-ounce bottles of apple or orange juice, unopened dog and cat food.
If you belong to a neighborhood cluster, follow the directions of your cluster leader to reach your Gathering Area. If you are not in a cluster, the Assembly Areas and drop-off sites are the Manzanita Police Station (South Bay), Nehalem City Park, and Wheeler City Park.
We encourage you to take this opportunity to prepare and practice your emergency skills while helping others in the community who rely on local Food Banks.