The main drive day for the annual Food For Families Drive is Friday, November 17, in Whitney and throughout the area. Volunteers will be at Our Daily Bread, the Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance’s food bank, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to accept donations.
All November donations will be counted toward the Lake Whitney Food Bank goal of 65,000 pounds.
The Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance food bank operates completely through donations and volunteers. No one is paid. All donations go directly to providing for those in need.
Any donation is appreciated, but the following non-perishable food products are most needed: canned vegetables, such as green beans and corn; boxed or bagged goods, such as Hamburger Helper, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, Rice-a-Roni, spaghetti, rice, and beans; canned meats, meals, beans, and sauces, such as spaghetti sauce (no glass jars), chili, ravioli, tuna, chicken, and Vienna sausage; canned fruit, such as peaches, pears, fruit cocktails, and mandarin oranges; and canned soup, such as chicken noodle soup, tomato soup, vegetable soup, chicken and rice soup, and vegetable beef soup.
The food bank also needs donations for its backpack program serving Whitney and Aquilla, where schoolchildren are given food on Fridays to take home for the weekend. The backpack program’s most needed items are Chef Boyardee Variety Pack Cups, mac and cheese cups, fruit cups, pudding cups, Pop Tarts, cheese crackers, granola bars (no peanut butter) and drink boxes, such as Kool Aid Jammers and Capri Suns.
The food bank does not need sugar, flour or baby foods. Please do not bring glass containers.
In addition to the main drive day, items may be dropped off at the food bank at 100 Sims Drive in Whitney during regular hours, which are Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. and Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m.
Downtown locations accepting donations include I Can Only Imagine, C&S Antiques, Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce and Lone Star Healing.
Monetary donations are greatly appreciated as well. Your monetary donations go a long way. The food bank works with Tarrant Area Food Bank to maximize the public’s contributions. Two trucks arrive every month with free fresh produce.
Food for Families is a joint annual project for the Longhorn Council, Boy Scouts of America, H.E.B. Grocery Company and KWTX News 10. KWTX will be televising some of the donations here during the day. Donations stay in our community.
Monetary donations may be mailed to Our Daily Bread, c/o Lake Whitney Ministerial Alliance, P.O. Box 1502, Whitney, TX 76692 or made at lakewhitneyministerialalliance.org. You may also drop off a check at the food bank and get a receipt for tax deduction.
Food bank clients are asked to note that they should pick up their food no later than Monday, November 20, as the food bank will close for Thanksgiving.
The Lakelander 