As roughly 16,000 people remained under evacuation orders due to hazardous material concerns at a Garden Grove aerospace facility, the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank began assembling food and necessary items Tuesday for those affected.
The ongoing incident, which began Thursday, has disrupted operations at the Community Action Partnership of Orange County and the OC Food Bank. As a result, San Diego Food Bank staff and volunteers on Tuesday were gathering 3,500 food boxes for Orange County’s Senior Food Program, as well as diapers and other supplies for impacted families and community members.
A truck carrying the emergency assistance is scheduled to depart San Diego between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday from the warehouse in Miramar…