Food distribution highlights ongoing access challenges in Greasewood Springs
Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero
Frank Gishey Jr., the vice president of the Greasewood Springs Chapter, moves through the distribution area as food is handed out to residents during a community distribution on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025.
By Donovan Quintero
Special to the Times
GREASEWOOD SPRINGS, Ariz. – Pallets of red netted potatoes and stacks of flour lined the dirt lot outside the Greasewood Springs Chapter House on Monday as volunteers in neon safety vests moved steadily between boxes and vehicles, loading food into trunks while elders waited from passenger seats.
The distribution, the third held this year, brought a steady line of community members driving up, checking in, then moving forward to receive unbleached flour, two bags of yellow and blue corn, beans and potatoes.
The food was donated by Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, or NAPI, according to Frank Gishey Jr., the vice president for Greasewood Springs Chapter.
“When the Navajo tribe shut down all the SNAP, we deliver food for them too, that was bought separate,” Gishey explained.
Gishey said earlier distributions focused on SNAP recipients during periods of disruption, while Monday’s event was open to the broader community.
“This one and another one is for the whole community,” he said. “So that’s what we’ve done so far with them.”
The need, he said, is shaped by distance and limited access to groceries. Greasewood Springs covers a wide area, with homes scattered miles apart.
To read the full article, please see the Dec. 26, 2025, edition of the Navajo Times.
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