MORGAN PARK — Chicago Police in the Morgan Park District will collect donations for the Greater Chicago Food Depository's 1 City, 1 Food Drive campaign.
Donations can be dropped off from Nov. 13-Dec. 14 at the police department at 1900 W. Monterey Ave. in Morgan Park.
The most needed items include:canned beans, canned chili, soup, stew, canned fruit, peanut butter, jelly, canned vegetables and tuna.
The 1 City, 1 Food Drive campaign is the largest annual food drive for the depository. The goal of is to call every Chicagoan to join in the fight against hunger by donating one bag of food, one hour of their time or $1.
Through a combined effort of more than 500 community food drives and 10-15 larger strategic food drive partners and events, the goal this year is to collect 1.5 million meals.
The Morgan Park police station is one of 225 public drop-off locations. For more information or to make a cash donation, visit the depository's website or call 773-247-3663.
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