5th Annual Arlington Food Drive Thanks All Involved

Residents and businesses throughout Arlington Heights have clearly embraced a new local tradition to start the holiday season. For the 5th consecutive year, collection boxes for the Arlington Food Drive were filled beyond capacity, all for the benefit of families in need served by the Wheeling Township Food Pantry.

The community-wide effort, run by Lavelle Law Charities, began in early October and wrapped up Monday, November 24th as attorneys and staff of Lavelle Law picked up donations from more than a dozen locations throughout town and delivered them to the food pantry. "Once again local families and workers shared their generosity with donations of food and supplies like diapers and formula," said Heather Thorsen, Food Drive Coordinator. "It was clearly one of the largest collections we have had since starting the Arlington Food Drive and the hundreds of men, women and children who rely on the Wheeling Township food pantry will know that they are not forgotten this holiday season."

Started in 2010, the Arlington Food Drive has coalesced businesses and government offices as drop-off spots with the Lavelle team doing all of the leg work to set up boxes, collect donations and personally deliver them to the food pantry. "On behalf of everyone at Lavelle Law, and those in need this year, we'd like to thank our sponsors, the community members that hosted drop-off locations and the many residents who contributed to the cause," said Thorsen. "While we hope over time to see less people in need, as long as the Township food pantry remains open we will do our part each fall to provide them with abundant supplies."

For more information on the Arlington Food Drive, call 847-705-7555 or visit www.arlingtonfooddrive.org.