A Drive By Donation is set for Saturday, May 9 at Kent Station to gather items and money for nonprofit groups supported by the Kent Community Foundation.
The drive is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Here’s how it works:
* Please put donations in your car trunk (envelopes with cash or checks written to Kent Community Foundation also accepted)
* Pull up in a parking spot in front of Johnny Rockets at Kent Station, 418 Ramsay Way
* Pop your trunk and volunteers will unload your donations
If you can’t make it to the drive-by donation event, donations are always being collected at Johnny Rockets online at Kent Community Foundation.
Among the groups supported and items needed are:
Kent Food Bank
Large gloves, paper grocery bags, cleaning supplies for shelves, tables, floors, etc.
World Relief/Hillside Church
Feminine hygiene pads (ultra thin preferred), laundry detergent (pods can be re-packed more easily than powder, toilet paper, Diapers size 4, 5 and 6, paper grocery bags, sweet potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, lentils, canned veggies, apples, oranges.
Living Well Kent
Diapers of all sizes, fruit, vegetables, pasta, rice, dry foods (beans, lentils, potatoes, onions.
Communities in Schools of Kent
Gift cards, food and supplies, financial donations.
Kent Youth & Family Services
Grocery & gas gift cards, nonperishable food, gloves, hand sanitizer.
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