Local Food Giveaway on June 11

The second food giveaway of 2025, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council and Feeding South Dakota, will be held on Wednesday, June 11, from 4 – 5 p.m. The event will again be held in the Living Word Church parking lot on the north end of Milbank on Hwy. 15.  This event will be held ONLY for South Dakota residents, and you must meet the income guidelines that have been established by the federal government.  These guidelines are included with this article. They are also available at the ICAP office in Milbank. They will be posted at the event and can also be viewed online.

Guests will not be asked to provide proof of income verification at the event, but rather will self report and will verify they meet the income guidelines. Upon entrance the day of the event, households receiving food will be required to provide family information including name, address, number in the household, and their signature, verifying their information is correct. This information is necessary as it will then be reported to Feeding South Dakota and TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) to keep a record of your participation in the program. 

Because participants must meet income guidelines, this also affects your ability to pick up food for another family.  As in the past, you are able to pick up food for yourself and one other qualifying family.  However, if you are assisting another family, you will need to become their proxy and fill out and sign a proxy form with the family you are picking up food for.  Proxy forms are available at the ICAP office. The proxy forms, as well as the income guidelines, are also provided in Spanish on the Feeding South Dakota website. The ONLY way you can pick up food for another family is if you have both completed and signed the proxy form, and you bring it with you the day of the giveaway.  Any family you are picking up food for must be residents of South Dakota AND meet the established income guidelines.   

As a reminder, because of the close proximity to Highway 15, recipients are asked to arrive NO EARLIER than 2:30 p.m. as volunteers are not available to park vehicles and register the guests until that time and we don’t want to create traffic hazards on the highway.  PLEASE do not park in the church parking lot until the volunteers are there at 2:30 to get you registered and give you parking directions.  As in the past, after recipients are parked, they will be asked to simply open their trunks or back liftgates to help expedite the distribution process once the giveaway starts at 4 p.m.  After you are parked, volunteers will also register you and verify your family information.  For the safety of the volunteers and speed of the distribution, please have a space ready for the workers to place the food in your vehicle.  For your convenience, the church restrooms will also be open. 

Interested  in volunteering for this event?  Need more information about receiving food? Please feel free to text Brenda Maass, program coordinator, at 605.880.7176 or email her at brendajmaass@gmail.com