Great Plains Food Bank gifts Freedom Church with new refrigerated van for food rescue program

GRAND FORKS — A new set of wheels for Freedom Church rolled down North Third Street on Wednesday as the church welcomed a refrigeration van to use for executing its food rescue program. Made possible by grant funding from Feeding America, Great Plains Food Bank made its latest stop at Freedom Church to deliver the refrigerated retail rescue van as an investment in the ongoing efforts to tackle food insecurity across the state. The Great Plains Food Bank thrives on partnership. Partnership with our Feeding America national organization, partnership with food industry donors and meal programs on the ground. When we all come together, amazing things happen, Great Plains Food Bank Chief Development Officer Marcia Paulson said. Paulson was on hand to show the Freedom Church volunteers the van on Wednesday and the presentation served as a reminder of how large the scale of food insecurity in the state is. There were a record 186,000 people served last year and Freedom Church