Temple Terrace Juniors Host Food Drive

When you go grocery shopping this week, be sure to pick up some extras.

The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club is hosting its first food drive to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at Corpus Christi Catholic Church on May 18.

According to representatives of the food pantry, the pantry's shelves are nearly bare and it is especially important to have food to give out during the summer months when children are not getting school meals and need to receive nutritious food at home.

Recommended items for donation include canned fruit and vegetables, soup and ramen noodles, canned spaghetti, ravioli, dry pasta and tomato sauce, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, rice, cereals, canned meats like tuna, beef stew and corned beef. Also needed are jello, powdered milk, crackers, sugar, cake mixes and frosting, baby diapers, toilet paper and soap. Please do not donate breakable containers.

The Juniors are requesting that all donated food be placed in bags by your mailbox by 10 a.m Saturday, May 18 for pickup by club members.

In addition, donations can be dropped off at the St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Pantry at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 9715 N. 56th St. in Temple Terrace.

Monetary donations can be mailed to GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club c/o St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, P.O. Box 16206, Temple Terrace, 33687.

For more information about this event, contact Mindy DeVane, 813-988-3453 or mdevane@tampabay.rr.com.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society was founded in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam to feed and clothe the poor. The group was named for St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), the “Father of the Poor” and patron of charitable societies.

The GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club is a nonprofit service organization of volunteers age 18 and up that focuses on leadership development through community service. The club meets on the third Thursday of the month (except June and July) at 6:30 p.m. (6 p.m. social time) at Woodmont Clubhouse, 415 Woodmont Ave., Temple Terrace.

Locally, the club supports many community projects with donations of volunteer time and money including the Temple Terrace Public Library, Adopt-a-Highway, American Cancer Society Relay for Life-Temple Terrace, the Book Exchange at Terrace Reads, the Temple Terrrace Fourth of July Parade, Tampa Hope Lodge, Operation Smile, The Heifer Project and many others