In addition to standard donations, Food-A-Thon also benefits from farmers and hunters
By Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw
WARSAW — Food-A-Thon, a community-wide effort to help restock the pantry shelves at Combined Community Services, returns Friday and Saturday.
CCS staff and volunteers will be out in force beginning at 6 a.m. Friday at the CCS office on Mariner’s Drive in Warsaw. The event runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
While families and groups are traditionally key supporters of the two-day event, the organization also benefits occasionally from farmers and hunters.
Kiira Churchill, the executive director for CCS, says that kind of donation involving large packages of meat is exactly what they need.
“We always want to make sure that we’re providing our families with protein. And so that is a great way for us to provide additional health benefits to our community,” Churchill said.
Those kinds of donations are especially helpful in this economy.
That goes really far for our families that are in need, especially when you know, ground beef is running at almost eight dollars a pound,” she said.
Volunteers are also needed during the two-day event. You can learn more by visiting ccsgives.com.
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