Spring Food Drive a great success on Saturday
Area service clubs collected 600+ bags of groceries
by Z. Daniel Barnett - Published: March 20, 2013
Members of several area service clubs say that they were overwhelmed by the success of a Saturday food drive held in Cambridge.
The Cambridge and Byesville Rotary Clubs, Cambridge Kiwanis Club, and Cambridge Lions and Lionesses Clubs sponsored the Spring Food Drive to restock area pantries before the Easter holiday. Cambridge Rotarian Joe Farrell reports that more than 600 pre-made bags of goods were purchased at Riesbeck's and Wal-Mart on Saturday - in fact, when all the ready-prepared bags were donated half-way through the drive, both supermarkets had to scramble to put more together.
All donations were distributed to the Salvation Army and Feed My People, as well as the Pleasant City, Byesville, and Stop Nine Church of Christ food pantries.
Farrell said all of the service clubs offered their sincere thanks to the community members who made donations, and the volunteers who helped load the vans and distribute the groceries.
