Delco Hosting Drive-Thru Food, Hygiene Product Donation Event

GLEN MILLS, PA — Delaware County is hosting a food collection drive Saturday to support its ongoing mission to help feed families in need.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, residents and businesses are invited to donate items via the drive-thru collection.

The collection drive is being held at the Glen Mills School, 185 Glen Mills Road, Glen Mills.

Not only is food welcome for donation, personal hygiene are as well products.

Local food pantries who will be on-hand to collect the donations, which will then be distributed to
residents throughout Delaware County.

Items sought for donation are:

• canned vegetables
• rice
• flour
• cereal
• powdered/evaporated/boxed milk
• oil
• sugar
• salt
• peanut butter
• deodorant
• toothpaste
• bar soap
• feminine hygiene products

In addition, this is the first food drive in which we are specifically requesting specialized ethnic foods to assist Upper Darby pantries.

Suggested ethnic foods include:

• dry beans (black, pinto, kidney)
• flour (gram, semolina (sooji)
• whole wheat
• maseca (tortilla flour)
• fufu
• canned fish (sardines, tuna)
• canned corn
• canned okra
• canned spinach
• canned meats

The Glen Mills School food drive will be hosted by Delaware County Council and the Delaware County Department of Human Services, in partnership with U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, State Sen. Tim Kearney, State Sen. John Kane, State Rep. Chris Quinn, State Rep. Craig Williams, and the Glen Mills School.

Additional food resources for the community are available online here.