A food drive will be held this Friday in the parking lot outside The Union, 464 Sutton Way, Grass Valley.
The Food Bank of Nevada County is putting on the food drive, which will take place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., and will be run by volunteers with the food bank, with assistance from The Union employees on site.
Friday’s event is aimed at gathering pre-packaged meals for schoolchildren from lower-income families, specifically kids in grades K-12, according to Deena Graydon, who is an event manager with The Union helping organize the drive.
The food drive is intended to bolster the food bank’s Summer Lunch program, which provides students with free lunches to supplement the meals they’d receive during the school year, according to a press release.