U City Cares is sponsoring a Thanksgiving Food Drive from October 25th to November 16th, 2009. The food drive is being organized in cooperation with Operation Food Search, a food bank serving the metropolitan area and headquartered in University City. The food drive will be formally kicked-off on Sunday, October 25th at 1:00 p.m. at 1179 McKnight Road. Hot cider and cookies will be served to all those who brave the chilly weather to drop off food during the kick-off event.
UCityCares is sponsored by the Shelley Welsch for Mayor Campaign and organized by the campaign workers. Those workers are putting together a series of community service projects to provide help for University City residents in need and the community in general. "Our volunteers created UCityCares when we recognized that our large campaign office, usable space with lights and heat, could be used for more than election politics," says Welsch. "We are dedicating part of our time to improve University City, and we don't want all that energy to evaporate on Election Day, April, 2010, but want something permanent to come out of this effort."
The Welsch campaign hopes that these service projects will be part of the "leftovers" from the months of shared work - leftovers that will be picked up and become a part of the way University City operates regularly: citizens helping each other and their community, working for a better, stronger more vibrant place to live.
Six food drop-off locations will be situated around the city. Donations can be dropped at:
Meshuggah Coffee House6269 Delmar Boulevard(Donation barrel available from Nov 2nd-Nov 16th)
Olive Farmers Market8401 Olive Boulevard
Pete's Shur Save6633 Vernon
Vintage Vinyl6610 Delmar Boulevard
Winslow's Home7213 Delmar Boulevard
Shelley Welsch for Mayor Campaign Office1179 McKnight Road
More drop-off locations may be added as the food drive continues.
The campaign is also running a "virtual food drive", with the help of Operation Food Search. Anyone in the St. Louis metropolitan area can donate to this food drive on-line by visiting the Shelley Welsch for Mayor website at www.shelleywelschformayor.org.
For more information about the Thanksgiving Food Drive please contact community service project organizer Jana Pereau at314-726-2563 or contact the campaign at welschformayor@ucitymo.com. |
