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Kimball youth food drive stocks the pantry

In an effort to stock to Kimball Community Food Pantry, a dozen students from Kimball Public Schools with six adults from the community distributed plastic sacks and flyers to each residence in Kimball on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Next Saturday, Nov. 10, starting at 9 a.m., they will return to collect the sack filled with food items and deliver it to the local Food Pantry. People have a week to select items to place in the sack and to set the sack on the front porch by 9 a.m. Please contribute non-perishable foods and household goods only and please no outdated or open products.

Anyone who would like to contribute but will not be around on the 12th can drop their donations off at the high school during the week and the students will make sure these items are delivered to the local Food Pantry.

Listed below are a few suggested items:

Canned Fruits & Vegetables, Canned Juices, Soaps-Laundry, Hand, Dish, Potatoes-Dried or Canned, Dressings-Salad...etc., Toilet Paper, Baby Diapers, Cleaning Supplies, Milk-Powdered or Canned, Sauces and Seasonings, Flour and Cooking Oils, Light Bulbs, Baking Supplies/Mixes, Paper Towels/Napkins, Kleenex, Lotions and Shampoos, Peanut Butter, Jams/Jellies, Crackers and Noodles, Cereals and Pastas, Soups-Dried or Canned, anned Meat Products, Dry Beans or Rice, Baby Foods-Cans/Jars, Tooth Paste/Brushes.

Partnering with the students and community leaders were Main Street Market, and the Kimball Boy Scout Troop. Main Street Market provide plastic sacks and the scouts stapled fliers to each sack.