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Holiday food drives rolling in
Notes on a few different ways to get donations to area food banks this holiday season.
Holiday food drives rolling in
If it's late October, it's time to start thinking about holiday giving—and there are plenty of food drives already underway, with more to come. Here are a few to get you started:
Greensgrow (2501 E. Cumberland St.) is collecting canned goods now through Thanksgiving at their farm; all donations will be brought over to their Kensington neighbors at St. Michael's food pantry.
BAR (1309 Sansom St.) and Awesome Dudes Printing (1338 S. 6th St.) are joining forces to collect for Philabundance, and they'll even reward you for digging deep. Their Cans for Cans drive, now through November, offers up a free can of beer for each donation of canned goods you drop off (one free can of beer per day, so if you want, you can stop by every single day with more food to donate). All donations will eventually be brought to:
Preston and Steve's (of WMMR) Camp Out for Hunger, which takes place Nov. 26 - 30 in Plymouth Meeting. To donate, you can drop off to the site (where they set up shop in an RV for the duration of the drive) or to area Acme stores, or even place an online order with Acme that they'll deliver for you. The annual event collects tons of food (literally: 288 tons last year) for Philabundance.
As you shop or cull items from your pantry, keep in mind that in addition to things like canned fruits and veggies, high-protein items like canned tuna, peanut butter, chili, and beef stew are high priorities for food banks.
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