Crestview alumni group plans Sharing and Caring food drive

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Citizens Police Academy Alumni are organizing a food drive for a local food pantry, Sharing and Caring, Inc.

The drive is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 1 at the Crestview Walmart.

The group will name the winner of a wreath raffle afterward, for which tickets will be sold 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Crestview Triple B Cookoff on Main Street.

If you have items you'd like to donate to Sharing & Caring, or to volunteer, call 682-1907.

Donations wanted include nonperishable food items such as:

●one-pound bags of rice or beans, canned vegetables, canned fruit, saltines.

●canned meats such as Spam, tuna, chicken, Vienna sausages, etc. Cereal, peanut butter, jelly, dry or canned soup, powdered milk, pasta, spaghetti sauce.

●tea, corn muffin m ix, macaroni and cheese, canned ravioli, chili, etc.

The organization also accepts personal hygiene items, baby food or formula, and diapers.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview alumni group plans Sharing and Caring food drive