United Way says 3100 food items were donated to Community Food Drive in Columbia City alone, great support elsewhere as well
(Talk of the Town photo by Jennifer Zartman Romano) According to the United Way of Whitley County, more than 3100 canned and non-perishable food items were collected in Columbia City as part of the United Way Day of Caring Community Food Drive event which began in August and ended last week. Today, the food items were divided between each of the county's 10 food pantries and delivered by volunteers to those locations. Amounts of items collected in the South Whitley and Churubusco areas were not available, however, volunteers were thrilled with the level of support received and the outpouring of kindness from the community. Above, volunteers work in a frenzy Tuesday morning to organize the donated food items before they were divided up for the food pantries. The organization took place in the basement of the Peabody Public Library.