Eagle’s Wings, a Washington-based food pantry, is asking Washington’s City Council to endorse its effort to buy a used forklift.

Eagle’s Wings is in line to receive $781 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help pay for the forklift, which is plans to purchase from Gregory Poole Equipment Co., the Caterpillar dealer in Washington, for $1,420, according to a memorandum in the agenda packet for the City Council meeting Monday. The council’s endorsement, by way of letter of support for the purchase, could come Monday.

Eagle’s Wings will cover the remaining cost of the forklift, which has 200 hours of use, according to the memorandum. Eagle’s Wings’ old forklift is “kaput,” according to a memorandum sent by Eagle’s Wings treasurer Judy Jennette to City Manager Brian Alligood. The USDA is seeking the letter of support from a local government, the memorandum notes.

“This forklift is a vital piece of equipment when the food truck from the Food Bank of the Albemarle arrives to drop off tons of food. As you can imagine, many of our volunteers are seniors and simply cannot lift the heavy pallets and boxes off of the truck. As a frame of reference, the food pantry in Belhaven has to recruit 30 volunteers to unload their truckload each month,” Jennette wrote in the memorandum.

In 2013, Eagle’s Wings served more than 5,800 households, or about 15,000 individuals. More than half those served reside in Washington, according to the memorandum.