FEMA donates $3.5M in meals to Convoy

Thirty-five semi-truckloads of the meals are arriving at the organization’s Springfield warehouse today and Wednesday. Convoy plans to reserve most of the meals for future disaster response but will share about 350,000 pounds with its nonprofit partners, according to a news release.

The cost to transport the MREs is about $35,000. To help offset that, Convoy is seeking holiday donations from the public. Gift donations in another person’s name also can be made, and a hand-written note will be sent to that person to let them know of the donation. To donate, visit Convoy at its Web site, www.convoyofhope.org.

Convoy is a national Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster member and has worked with FEMA during several national disasters. The organization is working to increase its national incident management systems compliancy, which will strengthen its ability to work with the U.S. government during a disaster.