AMELIA, Ohio — The Pierce Township Police Foundation will hold its annual food drive Nov. 14 at the Amelia Kroger, collecting non-perishable items to benefit Inter Parish Ministry’s food pantry, according to a flyer the Pierce Township Police Department shared on Facebook.
The drive runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the store, 262 W. Main St. Organizers are asking donors to bring canned goods, pasta, peanut butter and other shelf-stable items. The Pierce Township Police Foundation is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, according to the flyer.
Donations collected at the event will go to Inter Parish Ministry, which operates a drive-through food pantry in Amelia along with a second site in Newtown. The nonprofit has served low-income residents across Clermont, eastern Hamilton and western Brown counties for nearly 60 years, running a “choice” pantry model that lets clients pick the food they need and a mobile pantry program that reaches dozens of additional distribution sites, according to the organization.
The Pierce Township Police Department, which the foundation supports, traces its roots to a single part-time constable in the 1950s. It has since grown into a full-time agency that patrols the township’s 23 square miles around the clock, with divisions covering investigations, crime prevention and bike patrol, according to the township.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Pierce Township Police Department.