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Bureau County Fairgrounds to host mobile food pantry distribution Aug. 3

Registration will begin at 9:15 a.m.

By Shaw Local News Network
In an undated file photo, the River Bend Food Bank, St. Paul Lutheran Church and Dixon Community Food Pantry, distributes food from a mobile pantry in Dixon. River Bend Food Bank was one of eight designed by the state to receive federal funds to expand mobile pantries in rural areas.

The River Bend Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry will hold a distribution starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3 at the Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W. Peru St. in Princeton. (Alex T)

The River Bend Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry will host a distribution starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Bureau County Fairgrounds, 811 W. Peru St. in Princeton.

The event is provided in partnership with the Bureau County Food Pantry, Old Wheels Club and the First Lutheran Church.

Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. and participants are asked to arrive no more than 30 minutes before the 10 a.m. distribution.

The distribution will be indoors and can take up to two hours. Participants are encouraged to bring laundry baskets to assist in the distribution.

Volunteers to assist in the event are always welcome. To learn more about the event or how to help, call 815-354-9026.