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CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) As the holiday season approaches quickly, the need for a well-stocked food pantry in our community becomes more apparent.

Valley City Public Schools, VCHS Student Council, Marketplace Food & Drug, Ingstad Family Media (KOVC/Q101), the Valley City Times-Record, and Coca-Cola would again like to invite you to be part of our annual food drive to support the Barnes County Food Pantry.

Event coordinator Angela Van Bruggen says the “Stuff a Truck” means that in one concentrated effort, we are going to fill a Coca Cola delivery truck full of food for the Barnes County Food Pantry. She says we are focusing our efforts in the month of November because this is the time of year that the food pantry will be putting together baskets for the upcoming holidays. A loaded truck will be a welcome sight to the Food Pantry, as there is certainly a need in our community this year for their resources.

The official “Stuff the Truck 2014” collection event will be held on Thursday, November 20 at the Hi Liner Activity Center. Students will be on hand throughout the school day to accept donations from schools, churches, businesses, and members in the community.

To help fill the specific needs of our food pantry, we are suggesting donations of the following 10 items that are staple items in the food pantry baskets: Canned Corn, Peas, Soup, Green Beans, & Pineapple, Cereal, Canned Ravioli, Cake & Pancake Mixes, and Boxed Instant Potatoes. Cash is especially useful to purchase frozen & perishable food items as well.

All schools within Barnes County are invited to participate, as well as community groups and churches. Businesses are asked to consider donating to support this valuable community service as well. Cash or food donations may be dropped off at the high school on November 20 or anytime November 12-19 at special drop boxes at Marketplace Foods.