Feed ML to offer grab-and-go

MEDICAL LAKE – Feed Medical Lake officials have announced they will be providing weekly “grab-and-go” sack lunches/dinners as originally planned.

The meals will take place every Monday, beginning March 30, at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St. Feed Medical Lake organizers had hoped to provide these meals along with groceries, but after Gov. Jay Inslee’s March 16 proclamation ordering Washingtonians to “stay home, stay safe,” as part of efforts to slow the spread of the severe acute respiratory disease COVID-19, canceled the distributions.

In a March 27 email, coordinator Joann Williams said she got the “go ahead” from church pastors associated with Feed Medical Lake to proceed with the grab-and-go meals. One the menu March 30 was beef stew, chicken salad sandwich, apple and a slice of cake, with Mac & cheese and hot dogs among possibilities on April 6.

“And other donations, but we don’t know what until they come in,” Williams said. “If no fruit or cookies, we would have to buy something to include. (It’s) chaotic right now but no meals in the sense that we have been serving, just grab-and-go food.”