Items from Hastings food bank sustainably spill into small towns [Video]
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Items from Hastings food bank sustainably spill into small towns [Video]

HASTINGS, Neb. (KOLN) – In Hastings, Catholic Social Services feeds people in bulk. This nonprofit uses three levels of a downtown brick building that was once a bar and then an Ace Hardware store. Across the railroad, a warehouse serves as the drop-off point for more goods.

Catholic Social Services offers many religious and economic resources to those in need, but three programs are dedicated to feeding people. These include the Open Table sack lunches, food recovery services and food boxes.

Volunteers pack paper bags with sandwiches, granola bars, fruit cups and beverages. During designated hours, passersby can pick up lunch from the Open Table.

“It’s no questions asked, just come up,” said John McDonald, the Hastings regional director. “We’ll give you one sack lunch per person. And that’s there per day.”

Last year, the organization gave out 34,000 sack lunches.

Catholic Social Services was founded in 2004 by the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln.

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