ReSources Vail Food Bank had a grand opening for its brand-new food storage building! To celebrate, they invited attendees to “Stuff the Storage Building” with canned goods and other non-perishable items.
ReSources Vail Food Bank is one of only two social service providers for low-income families in southeastern Pima County, making the extra storage space for food critical to their mission of providing for community members.
The storage building was funded by Ward 4 City Councilwoman Nikki Lee , through the American Rescue Plan Act .
“Things have gotten more expensive for everybody,” said Councilwoman Lee. Wages have not grown to meet the costs in certain families, in certain situations, and so being able to have these resources available is really important. I mean, kids learn better when they have a full stomach.”
Attendees donated over 345 pounds of food at the grand opening on Monday morning.
“We’re aware of the food insecurity issue out here on the east side of town and out in the Vail community. A lot of times food insecurity and poverty is hidden in areas where people don’t always expect it,” Councilwoman Lee said. “So, fortunately, through the American Rescue Plan dollars that each ward office has allocated to them, we are able to accept ideas from the community for funding needs. As soon as we heard about what the ReSources Food Bank is doing out here, we knew that there’s no more important reason that we could use to spend these funds than on feeding children.”