(Ed.'s Note: A collaborative effort by the Brownsville Wellness Coalition, the Brownsville Food Bank, the Farmers' Market and HEB to fill the food gap left by the closing of the downtown store started today with a mobile food van dispensing healthy veggies and drinks at the parking lot of the closed store.
Coordinator Veronica Rosebaum (wearing cap in lower photo) said the group handed out more that 165 bags of goods and vegetables donated by the food bank and HEB, which also provided recyclable bags. Rosenbaum said the group would take the mobile van and set up at the Brownsville Housing Authority high raise to dispense healthy food and vegetables to the elderly residents there, many of whom lack transportation to go to the nearest grocery stores.)