Local Organizations team up for Bureau County Food Pantry food drive Sept. 16

Drive will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in Princeton

Food donations are collected in a bin at the Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, 445 Park Ave on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 in Cary. The Chamber is collecting food donations for a Thanksgiving drive for the Cary-Grove Food Pantry through Nov. 19 and will deliver the donations on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

The Princeton Rotary Club and the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce have come together to sponsor a Stock the Shelves Drive-Thru Food Drive to benefit the Bureau County Food Pantry.

The drive will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Rotary Park in Princeton, participants will enter on Long Street.

No expired food will be accepted. Food that is needed includes macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, crackers, hamburger helper, rice, pasta, sugar, coffee and was as canned items (pull top cans) including broth, tuna, chicken, fruit, vegetables and soup