Nov 22 & 23: Food Drive Set by United Way
and Local Food Pantry
by Carol Cauley from the Hunger Task Force
(November 18, 2003) This is the weekend
to fill your grocery cart with food for the holidays – and
to fit in a few extra items to share with
needy local families.
 As they have in previous years, the United
Way of Larchmont and Mamaroneck will be
partnering with the Larchmont-Mamaroneck
Hunger Task Force to collect non-perishable
food items in their annual Have
a Heart for the Hungry” food
drive. The Hunger Task Force operates a
food pantry
out of the Community Action Program Center
in Mamaroneck and will pass on the donated
food to more than 240 families at the Thanksgiving
distribution.
 As you do your Thanksgiving shopping
on Saturday, November 22, or Sunday, November
23, add a few extra items to the cart and
pass them on to the volunteers who will
be receiving donations in a number of parking
lots at area stores. Collection sites will
be: A & P on Mamaroneck Avenue, Trader
Joe’s on the Boston Post Road, Stop & Shop
on the Boston Post Road in Larchmont, and
Food City at Halstead and West Avenues.
Volunteers will be at the sites from 9
AM until 4 PM both days. Donations may
also be brought during the week to the
United Way office at 230 Larchmont Avenue,
from 9 AM until 1 PM.
Recommended food items for donation: Cereal, dry milk, dry beans, canned ravioli
or spaghetti and meatballs, chicken or
beef stew, tuna fish, peanut butter, jelly,
canned fruits, soups, baked beans, rice,
pasta, specialty potato packages, cake/muffin
mixes. Please, no glass jars or opened
packages.
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