Litchfield Lions Club Food Collection

The Litchfield Lions Club will be collecting food on Saturday from 9-to-3 at Walmart and at Family Fare in Litchfield. The food and cash collected will be donated to the Meeker Area Food Shelf.

Lions member Brian Cross says the Lions will hand out sheets with suggestions for items to be purchased and donated, and cash is also welcome. He says they will deliver the donations directly to the Food Shelf.

Cross says the Lions Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at Prospects and new members are welcome to join. He says they will be having a fundraising breakfast early in April and will have their fly-in breakfast later this summer at the Litchfield Municipal Airport.

Food Shelf Coordinator Jamie Revermann says donations of food and cash are especially welcome this month as Minnesota Food Share provides a match to food shelves depending on the donations they’ve received during their March campaigns. She says the need is especially great right now with more and more families depending on the Meeker Area Food Shelf.

Revermann says the Litchfield Lions Club collected 2,600 pounds of food during their food drive last year. She says the food that is donated this month really helps the Food Shelf as the demand will be picking up as summer approaches and kids are home from school. Donations of food and cash may be delivered to the Meeker Area Food Shelf at 118 North Sibley Avenue in Litchfield, and remember the Lions Food Drive on Saturday from 9-to-3 at Walmart and at Family Fare in Litchfield.