Romeoville 11-22-12

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Neighbors help neighbors with area food drive

Our Village, Our News

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Vol. 7 No. 20

Harvest Saturday raises more than 1,000 boxes of food for local pantries By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter

Whether it was a bag of food placed on the doorstep, the hour given to sort the hundreds of canned goods, or the drivers out combing the neighborhood to collect the goods, the outpouring support of the community was enough to bring tears of joy to

quite a few who were part of the 20th annual Northern Will County Harvest Saturday food drive. Close to 500 volunteers came out to help support the largest community effort of its kind this Saturday, Nov. 17, collecting more than 1,000 boxes of food, which will be sent to three area food pantries in Romeoville and Bolingbrook.

Laura Katauskas/Bugle Staff

A team from Home Depot begins to box the more than 1000 boxes of food collected during Harvest Saturday.

“This is the most wonderful day—the sun is shining, all these people have shown up to come to the aid of the needy of this

community—there is nothing better than this,” said Deb Eshion, who has been heading up the event with Terry Hinchey

for years. “Hugs and kisses to everyone—I can’t thank them See HARVEST, page 3


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