U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis helps distribute hand sanitizer to food banks

Posted on April 28, 2020
A pallet-ful of hand sanitizer will be split up and donated to the busy food pantries of central and southern Illinois. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Busy food pantries in central and southern Illinois will have enough sanitizer handy for a while.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) helped arrange the donation and delivery of more than 2,300 bottles of hand sanitizer, manufactured by Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. The local distributor, Skiff, hauled the pallet to Central Illinois Food bank Tuesday afternoon.
Food bank executive director Pam Molitoris said some pantries are seeing an increase in traffic and some are not; however, 25 percent of the clients now are first-timers, which she says is significant.
Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]. 

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