AMELIA, Ohio — The Pierce Township Police Department’s annual food drive at the Amelia Kroger brought in $996 and a trunkload of groceries, including six turkeys, that will go to Inter Parish Ministry’s food pantry to help local families during Thanksgiving, the department said.
Officers and members of the Pierce Township Police Foundation set up a table outside the store at 262 W. Main St. for the drive, part of the foundation’s “Fill the Cruiser” campaign collecting canned goods, pasta, peanut butter and other shelf-stable items. The foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, thanked Amelia Kroger for hosting the drive and everyone who stopped to donate, according to a social media post.
Inter Parish Ministry operates a drive-through food pantry in Amelia along with a second site in Newtown, serving low-income residents across Clermont, eastern Hamilton and western Brown counties for nearly 60 years. The nonprofit runs a “choice” pantry model that lets clients select the food they need, along with a mobile pantry program that reaches additional distribution sites, according to the organization.
The Pierce Township Police Department traces its roots to a single part-time constable in the 1950s and has grown into a full-time agency patrolling 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.