Food drive to help stock Mount Prospect's food pantry

Posted October 13, 2014 11:00 pm

Submitted by Mount Prospect Fire Department

The Mount Prospect Fire Department and Mount Prospect Firefighters Local 4119 will be sponsoring a food drive on Saturday, Oct. 18. Fire Department vehicles and personnel will be in the parking lots in front of Costco, located at 999 N. Elmhurst Road and Jewel, located at 333 E. Euclid Ave. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All donations will go toward restocking the Mount Prospect Village's Emergency Food Pantry for the upcoming holiday season.

Items such as baby diapers, canned goods, cookies, crackers, jelly, juice, macaroni and cheese, pancake mix, peanut butter and popcorn are needed. Please remember that the food pantry cannot accept homemade foods or items past their expiration dates.

In addition to the event on Saturday, Oct. 18, the fire department is also accepting food pantry donations until Dec. 6, at all three of its stations: Fire Station 12, 1601 W. Golf Road; Fire Station 13, 112 E. Northwest Highway; and Fire Station 14, 2000 E. Kensington. Hours for each station are 80 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, contact the Mount Prospect Fire Administration at (847) 870-5660.

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