Beverly High School Food Drive For Bootstraps Pantry

BEVERLY, MA — The Beverly High School class of 2024 is conducting a weeklong food and household necessity drive to benefit the Beverly Bootstraps food pantry.

There will be seven collection bins in and around Beverly High school, including in the cafeteria and at the front and side entrances. The food drive began on March 8 and will continue through Monday.

Items especially needed are: peanut butter, boxed pasta, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned vegetables, boxed rice, healthy cereal, tuna fish, canned chicken, spaghetti sauce, soup, healthy kids' snacks, feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and diapers.

Those who cannot drop off donations at the high school are invited to donate to the food pantry here.

Patch has partnered with Feeding America to help raise awareness on behalf of the millions of Americans facing hunger. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks across the country, estimates that in 2020, more than 54 million Americans did not have enough nutritious food to eat due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)