Pantry 279, a local food bank is in the final days of its gift drive.
Earlier this month, the charity had a list of 298 families, totaling 862 kids.
“We managed to get everyone except 22 families matched, and 22 kids is around 80 kids roughly,” says founder Cindy Chavez.
Pantry 279 serves underprivileged children in Greene, Owen and Monroe Counties.
Volunteers will be gift wrapping Saturday morning, but are still accepting last minute cash or gift donations.
“We will run out in the middle of the night to Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart is open 24 hours a day, Target is open until midnight, we can go out late at night and shop, we can go out early in the morning and shop,” says Chavez.
You can also make a donation on Venmo using the name Pantry 279, or through Paypal at Pantry 279@yahoo.com
Donations can be made in person at any Old National Bank any branch.
