MONROE - The Green County Senior Nutrition Program has again worked with Green County 4-H clubs to provide Blizzard Boxes to all home-bound seniors receiving a home-delivered meal this winter.
Blizzard Boxes are full of shelf-stable foods that can be kept in case of emergency or inclement weather when home-delivered meals are unavailable.
Canned goods and other items in the boxes are either donated by the various 4-H clubs or purchased through donations from 4-H members.
Once all the provisions are in place, the food is set up in an assembly-line fashion at Green County Human Services.
The 4-H members then build each box to specifications to provide two whole meals for each person.
For 2016, more than 30 parents and members helped pack the boxes.
With such a crew, more than 100 food boxes were packed in just under 30 minutes.
This year's boxes contained beef stew, crackers, canned fruit and vegetables, oatmeal, pudding, fruit and grain bars, applesauce, juice, two bottles of water and a treat.
Blizzard Boxes are full of shelf-stable foods that can be kept in case of emergency or inclement weather when home-delivered meals are unavailable.
Canned goods and other items in the boxes are either donated by the various 4-H clubs or purchased through donations from 4-H members.
Once all the provisions are in place, the food is set up in an assembly-line fashion at Green County Human Services.
The 4-H members then build each box to specifications to provide two whole meals for each person.
For 2016, more than 30 parents and members helped pack the boxes.
With such a crew, more than 100 food boxes were packed in just under 30 minutes.
This year's boxes contained beef stew, crackers, canned fruit and vegetables, oatmeal, pudding, fruit and grain bars, applesauce, juice, two bottles of water and a treat.
