Food, care kits now available at Pateros Brewster Community Resource Center

“Our location in the old grocery store in Pateros is ideal for this kind of relief effort,” said PBCRC Executive Director Gene Dowers. “Part of our 5,000-square-foot warehouse is already being used by Okanogan County Long Term Recovery to store and distribute relief supplies to survivors of the Cold Spring/Pearl Hill Fires and we didn’t have to think twice about using another part of the space to become part of this DOH project.”

PBCRC received 288 Food Kits and 120 Care Kits.

“Each Food Kit has dried and canned staple foods that will feed an adult for 3-5 days, dependent on portion size,” said Dowers. “Each Care Kit contains face masks, vinyl gloves, soap, and a thermometer.”

The kits are intended for folks who are shut in because they are sick, have been exposed to those who are sick, or are at high risk of lethal complications if they get infected, Dowers said.

The kits will be distributed via no-contact doorstep delivery by PBCRC and the Brewster Chamber of Commerce to those who cannot get out to get food. Those in need should call the PBCRC office at 923-7460.

Gift cards, too

PBCRC in partnership with the Pateros-Brewster Long Term Recovery Organization (PBLTRO) also was the recipient of a grant to provide COVID relief to Pateros and Brewster residents through the Pateros-Brewster Pandemic Relief Project.

“PBLTRO partnered with the Resource Center to distribute this assistance in the form of gift cards from local businesses,” said Dowers. “To date, gift cards are available for gas at Howard’s in Pateros and for food at Brewster Market Place and Mi Pueblo in Brewster.”

Those affected by COVID in Pateros and Brewster can stop by the PBCRC office, just next door to the Bakery in Pateros. Vouchers are also available at PBCRC, a Service Extension Partner with The Salvation Army, providing assistance for those with emergency needs.