For the City Times

The Neighborhood Table, a free community meal program, and the South Wood Emerging Pantry Shelf (SWEPS) have again partnered with Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin to bring a Mobile Food Pantry to Wisconsin Rapids.

The event will take place in the south parking lot of the United Methodist Church, 441 Garfield Street, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 – only a week away.

Briefly, participants are to Preregister by selecting an available time slot at http://www.theneighborhoodtable.org or call 715-422-2050 weekdays between the hours of 8:30 am to 11:30 am.

-Show proof of south Wood County residency via a current driver’s license or recent utility bill.

-Qualify for any of the various food assistance programs such as SNAP, WIC, Quest, free and reduced lunches.

-Participants are asked to bring sturdy containers for the food they will be given.

-On day of event, participants should come to the pantry no earlier than their confirmed time slot. This is to minimize traffic congestion that has occurred in the past.

-Those who come to the pantry without being preregistered will be turned away and asked to come back after 3:30 pm to get food if it is still available.

We share not only a meal, but also an atmosphere of hospitality and mutual respect.

Details of this and future mobile food pantries are promoted on The Neighborhood Table’s Facebook page, www.theneighborhoodtable.org and the Facebook page of SWEPS of Wisconsin Rapids.