Food pantry teams with Lind-Ritzville Schools for Christmas meals

RITZVILLE - The Ritzville Food Pantry is in its busy season and is working hard to make sure Ritzville families in need have what they need this Christmas to have a full holiday meal. It also got some help with the elementary school food drive.

Dec.18 was the food bank’s Christmas box distribution day.

“We do it every year as one big special event,” said Carol Ewing of the Ritzville Food Bank at the Lind-Ritzville School Board meeting on Dec. 18. “We had 167 [box requests] this year.”

The Ritzville Grade School and Lind Elementary schools held food drives to help raise food and money for the b...