The Tomah Health Community Foundation is helping put healthy food in reach of struggling families in Monroe County. Foundation officials on Wednesday (Nov. 13) donated twenty-five hundred dollars to the Second Harvest Foodbank’s FoodShare program, which Second Harvest Second Harvest FoodShare Outreach Specialist Brian Larson says is making a difference for Monroe County residents.
Formerly known as food stamps, eligible residents can apply for a debit card loaded with Food Share benefits that can be used at most grocery stores.
Since last year, Second Harvest assisted with thirty-two Food Share applications in Monroe County, which accounted for more than twenty-five thousand meals for food insecure county residents.
Residents can learn if they are eligible for the program by visiting Get A Quest Card-dot-org or by calling the FoodShare Help Line at 1-877-366-3635
It’s the eleventh year the Foundation has supported the program.