{"id":3620,"date":"2022-01-28T21:56:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T02:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.235.7.55\/?post_type=news-items&#038;p=3620"},"modified":"2022-11-03T21:57:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T01:57:04","slug":"lighthouse-welcomes-huge-food-shipment-from-salt-lake-city-utah","status":"publish","type":"news-items","link":"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/lighthouse-welcomes-huge-food-shipment-from-salt-lake-city-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighthouse Welcomes Huge Food Shipment from Salt Lake City, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>A massive semi-trucked loaded with 24 pallets of food rolled up to our emergency warehouse in Waterford Thursday and the timing could not have been better. Since the start of the pandemic, for almost two straight years, Lighthouse has been providing emergency food to nearly 5,000 people per week, but inventory is currently at an all-time low. Or at least it was, until that truck arrived from nearly 2,000 miles away in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to this generous donation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it looks like the shipment will provide six weeks of food for the people we serve,\u201d said Lighthouse CEO Ryan Hertz.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a welcome relief at a time when the pandemic continues to have lingering effect on local families. Lighthouse, which helps fight homelessness and poverty by providing food, shelter, transitional housing, affordable housing developments and other services, has pivoted and expanded to accommodate the local community\u2019s needs due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think the pandemic is over and it is not,\u201d said Tarra Mitchell, emergency food and volunteer support manager for Lighthouse. \u201cAt Lighthouse, boy oh boy, we\u2019re seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell is a member of the Mormon church. She worked to help Lighthouse receive the massive donation. The truck was packed with everything from beef stew and green beans to spaghetti, peaches, mac and cheese, cereal and jam, shelf-stable food that will go a long way for local families.<\/p>\n<p>Among those on hand to welcome the delivery was Lighthouse\u2019s new Director of Food Programs, Russell Estill. Russell spent nearly 17 years with Focus: HOPE, including 7+ years managing the organization\u2019s food centers. He will lead daily operations and provide overall strategy for Lighthouse\u2019s food distribution efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we\u2019ve received a lot of donations from our partners throughout the pandemic, we\u2019re still struggling to keep up with the demand,\u201d he said. \u201cFood insecurity is a major problem in our community. We welcome this donation and we\u2019re grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Right now, there are more than 100 families on a waiting list for emergency food. 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