Blue Mountain Action Council COVID-19 response

During the last month (March 21 to April 18) BMAC has directly provided 9,653 people with 93,678 meals worth of food. On average that is 3.5 day’s worth of food per person served once per week.

In Walla Walla County, BMAC is now directly providing 3.5 days of food assistance to 5% of the population every week . Three other pantries are also operating in Walla Walla County and receiving food from BMAC.

In Columbia County, BMAC is now directly providing 3.5 days of food assistance to over 10% of the population every week .

On April 18th 2020, BMAC and the National Guard served 647 households almost 30,000 pounds of food. Items included in the April 18th box were bananas, grapefruit, asparagus, tomatoes, tuna, peanut butter, sweet potato fries, onions, potatoes, oranges, frozen peas, split peas, spaghetti pasta, spaghetti sauce, canned mixed vegetables, grapes, toilet paper, raisins, bread, canned pork, pretzels, and orange juice.