Kicking hunger in Springville

October is National Hunger Awareness Month, and the Springville PennySaver’s own Kathy Edwards, in the Tele-Class Department, is taking that fact very seriously. “Everybody has a favorite charity and mine just so happens to be hunger,” she said. “It’s always been this way.”

She and the rest of the staff here at the PennySaver and Journal are asking for your help. Edwards has started the PennySaver food drive to benefit local food pantries, including Springville’s Trading Post and the Springville Concord Community Food Pantry. Nonperishable food items and monetary donations are currently being accepted at the PennySaver/Journal office through the end of the month.

The idea came from Love INC’s Sharon Heinen, who sends out a monthly newsletter demonstrating what is needed most in the community. The goal of this food drive is to collect 1,000 donations; every dollar gifted to the drive counts as one item. “I want to get 20 carts full by the end of the month,” Edwards said.

Some of your neighbors right here in Springville are hungry! Look into your pantry and see what you can give; lend a helping hand. In our front window is a shopping cart (lent to us by the Springville Trading Post) that the items are going into. If you don’t have any food donations, that’s OK! There are monetary donation boxes on the front counter in our office.

All we need is for 1,000 people to donate one item each, 500 people to give two items each or 100 people to give 10 items each. It’s easy, it will make you feel good to know you’re helping your neighbors, and most importantly, donating will go a long way toward taking care of those in need.