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The food bank has reached a record high of 18 meal pick-up locations throughout North Dakota.
May 24, 2021
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) Summer vacation is around the corner leaving many kids without school meals, the Great Plains Food Bank is helping keep kids fed during the long break.
“They can come to pick up five days’ worth of meals from us on just that one day of pickup, which is just great. They get their full balanced meal with their milk and some snacks with it,” Great Plains Food Bank Program Director Nancy Carriveau said.
Great Plains Food Bank is leaving no child left hungry this summer vacation. The organization is back again with its Youth Summer Meals Program kicking off from June 1st and going until August.
Weekend storms bring drought relief to Lubbock, South Plains
A round of weekend thunderstorms caught Lubbock up to its average year-to-date rainfall and brought much needed relief to drought-stricken parts of West Texas.
And there s likely more to come, along with a continued threat of severe weather to start off the work week, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock.
The potent line of thunderstorms that moved across the South Plains late Saturday brought upward of an inch of rain at many locations, along with some flooding in Gaines County and on streets around the Hub City.
The area deepest in the ongoing drought - western portions of the South Plains - saw some of the heaviest rainfall late Saturday.
The West Texas Mesonet site is the National Wind Institute’s135th station that provides 29 different parameters to help researchers and meteorologists continually track weather conditions.