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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is sending 17,000 pounds of rice to the Hawaiian island of Maui in the aftermath of the devastating fire that decimated the historic town of Lahaina earlier this month.
The shipment will be departing Tuesday, August 29 at 1:30 PM from the Foodbank’s Santa Maria warehouse and will contain ten pallets of rice. Feeding America is spearheading multiple shipments through its network of 200 Foodbanks. Last week 26 containers of supplies from foodbanks and food pantries in the Feeding America network were shipped out. The items will support the numerous victims who are displaced since the fire erupted on August 8th.