Fill the Pantry Shelves! Food Drive at Wood Library

Wood Library‘s Executive Director, Carol Shama is pleased to announce that the library, located at 134 North Main St, Canandaigua will partner with Canandaigua Churches in Action (CCIA) during September to collect donations for the CCIA Food Pantry. From September 8 - 30, members of the community may drop off non-perishable food and personal care items in collection boxes placed inside the rear doors of the library.

CCIA emphasizes that donations of food and personal care items are needed throughout the year, not only at holiday times. During these difficult economic times, families find their resources being stretched more and more each week. This has resulted in increased use of the CCIA Food Pantry. Sandy Voigt of CCIA says that from February through May 2008 the number of families using the CCIA Food Pantry increased from 182 to 287. Donations of personal care items are especially important because these can not be purchased using Food Stamps. All donations will be used to fill the shelves at the CCIA Food Pantry.