Need help on Carol Stream food drive

What does it take to help someone? What does it take to provide food to someone who hasn't enough? What does it take to restock the shelves of local food pantries?

Answer: It takes a village. The Rotary Club of Carol Stream, in the spirit of community service, will coordinate the efforts of residents, businesses, clubs, organizations, scouts, and schools in the Village of Carol Stream in a communitywide food drive.

The communitywide food drive will take place Oct. 10 at 480 N. Kuhn Road, Carol Stream, but we need your help. Picture the map of Carol Stream with its neighborhoods sprawling from east to west and north to south. Picture, in those neighborhoods, a food drive spinning through the homes. Now picture all those precious food items being collected at a central site on Kuhn Road. Are you in that "picture?"

If you would like to be a part of this community effort, come to one of two planning meetings and participate: 7 p.m. Sept. 1 at Simkus Rec Center and 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Holiday Inn/Carol Stream. We will meet with those interested in being a part of the effort and arm them with the tools they need.

An informational flyer with details can be found on carolstreamrotary.com or call (630) 918-9008 for more information.

Luanne Triolo

Carol Stream Rotary Club president