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Gardner CAC, First Congregational Church hosting food drive on Feb. 13 Donations can be dropped off at church or picked up by volunteers Gardner News GARDNER Officials at the Community Action Committee are asking residents to “love their neighbors” during a food drive at First Congregational Church on Saturday, Feb. 13. The food drive will be contactless, which means participants can drive through a designated drop-off area and remain in their vehicle while donating non-perishable food items. Masked and gloved volunteers will take the items and sanitize them before sorting them and delivering them to the CAC’s food pantry. CAC Executive Director Julie Meehan said church officials had reached out to her and offered to host the food drive as a way to give back to the community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ....
Federal food program resumes at PACC in Gardner Gardner News GARDNER – After a brief hiatus, the Farmers to Families Food Box program has resumed operations in the city. Hundreds of residents turned out at the Polish American Citizens’ Club on Saturday, Dec. 5, to receive a free box of fresh fruit and vegetables, cooked meat, eggs and milk. (The pickup time was originally scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. but organizers handed out boxes about an hour-and-a-half earlier due to the impending snowstorm.) Officials said the PACC will also be the pickup site on Saturday, Dec. 12 but they are hoping to make Fridays the distribution day from then on. ....