Volunteers help distribute food to the community Saturday, March 23, during the Wyandotte Nation's Food Distribution Event. (Photo: William Swaim | Wyandotte Nation)

Thanks to grant funds from the USDA, the Wyandotte Nation was able to distribute free, local food to nearly 350 families in our community (Native and non-Native) during our March distribution event.

The Saturday, March 23 event marked the third food distribution to the local community. The first distribution event was held at the new Artie Nesvold Elders Center and the second at Wyandotte Nation Administration Building as was the third.

Local families who took part in the more recent opportunity received food that included beef, bison, sourdough cinnamon rolls, pecans, apples, carrots, almonds, chocolate pecans, jerky sticks, dried mushrooms, goat cheese, bread, lettuce, honey, ketchup, bbq sauce, microgreens, salad dressing and sourdough hot cross buns.

Wyandotte Nation received grant funds from USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program. Money for this project allows the Tribe to distribute locally grown, sourced, and produced food to our underserved community.

 

The Wyandotte Nation thanks our local food producers for partnering with us:

 

We would also like to thank all the volunteers who helped with the assembly and distribution of the boxes, bags, and food:

Becki Burleson, Brynlee Wilson, Caleb Lowery, Casey Ellet, the Casino & Wyandotte Nation Maintenance Crews, Chief Billy Friend, Cristi Hudson, Deana Howard, Debbie Dry, Eric Fonseca, Jennifer Rosenstiel, Jon Quick, Joseph Lowery, Katie Thompson, Kayla Friend, Keith Gray, Kristy Fink, Lindsay Cooper, Mason Lowery, Rhonda Stork, Ryan Haggard, Samantha Proctor-Smith, Seth Lowery, Shelby Desha, Shelly Oakley, Sherri Clemons, Smoke Ezell, Teresa Wilson, Valari Richards, Veyda Marlow, and William Swaim.