Exclusive post-meeting coverage

Food Bank received large check and a new fee schedule failed to pass

Monday, March 13, 2023

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• Food bank that works to feed and shelter receives large payment budgeted by city.

• Better luck next time: An updated fee schedule failed to pass.

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City gov’t | Post-meeting coverage

Willits City Council, February 8, 2023–Part I

Food Bank feeds, shelters Willits folks

A budget approved last year by council members included substantial contributions to some community organizations. 

Willits Community Services, also known as Willits Food Bank, received a check last week from the city for $10,000. 

“We service about 1,000 households a month, and that is different from one thousand people, that is more,” said Ruthanne Volz, food bank director.

Support to those who need it with food or a warm room at the Redwood Inn are the two things that the organization makes possible.

“There is a huge need this time of year with the cold and the freezing and the snow,” Volz said, “so that has been a major part of our service right now in addition to food.”