Palouse Food Bank

Volunteers at Palouse Food Bank Aug. 29 gave out almost 3,000 pounds of fresh food during its seventh distribution since it was started earlier this year. The distribution included corn, watermelon, asparagus, apples, oranges, potatoes, lettuce, cabbage, yogurt, local eggs, home-grown tomatoes and zucchini.

Frozen chicken and a supply of locally donated canned goods, pasta and bread were also given away.

Palouse Food Bank provides supplementary, nutritious food to more than 12 percent of the city’s residents.

Also, USDA Commodities are given out at the Food Bank distributions.

The commodities...