Food Elves '12 Days of Donating' Kicked off December 1
The Franklin Food Elves are making it easy for you to help your neighbors in need during the "12 Days of Donating" campaign benefitting the Franklin Food Pantry. From December 1 to December 12, volunteer Food Elves will be coming to your neighborhood, or you can donate goods at a local participating business.
The Franklin Food Elves is a charitable community service group made up of more than 85 hard-working middle school and high school students. For the past three years they have partnered with the Franklin Downtown Partnership and local businesses to create one of the Franklin Food Pantry's most successful collection drives. Last year the "12 Days of Donating" campaign brought in more than $6,700 and 7,300 pounds of goods.
In December the Food Elves will notify residents about the collection drive in their neighborhood, including information about what items are needed and the collection dates. Residents simply place bags of goods at their mailboxes on designated pickup dates and the Food Elves will do the rest.
In case there's no elf in your neighborhood, it is still easy and convenient to donate. The group has placed bright red collection bins at participating Franklin Downtown Partnership member businesses. If the Food Elves meet their goal of collecting more than 1,200 pounds of goods, each business listed below has pledged to donate $200.
Bins can be found at these participating business locations:
- Auerr, Zajac & Associates, LLC, 29 Dean Ave.
- British Beer Company, 280 Franklin Village Dr.
- DCU, 500 West Central St.
- Dean Bank, 21 Main St.
- Dean College, Campus Center
- Drama Kids of Metro West, 19 Dean Ave. (call for drop off schedule)
- Emma's Quilt Cupboard, 12 Main St.
- Franklin Downtown Partnership Office, 9 East Central St.
- Jane's Frames, 11 East Central St.
- Keefe Insurance Agency, 51 West Central St.
- Murphy Business, 15 East Central St.
- Pour Richard's Wine & Spirits, 14 Grove St.
- RE/MAX Executive Realty, 308 West Central St., Suite E
- Yellin & Hyman, P.C., 693 East Central St., Suite 201
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| 2014 Food Elves (L-R): Project 351 Ambassador Rebekah Redwine, YCIC's Dan Robert, Food Pantry Executive Director Erin Lynch, Head Elf Cameron Piana, Lead Elf Haley Frank |
Also donating to the campaign are Berry Insurance and Printsmart Office Solutions.
Look for a donation bin at the Holiday Stroll tree lighting ceremony at Dean College on Thursday, December 4, or drop off donations at the Franklin Food Pantry, 43 West Central St., and designate them for the "12 Days of Donating" drive.
