Holiday Food Drive Set For December: Rolling Meadows PD

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL — The Rolling Meadows Police Department is organizing a holiday food drive from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Dec. 9, in the Jewel-Osco parking lot on Kirchoff Road. The food collected will go toward local pantries, according to organizers.

Requests from area food pantries include:

• razors/shavers, shaving gel/shaving cream (for women and men)
• toothpaste, deodorant, body wash, shampoo
• laundry soap, dish soap, paper towels, Kleenex
• canned peas, corn, carrots
• Hamburger Helper, stuffing mix, instant potatoes
• juice boxes or apple juice
• flavored pasta sauce and pasta
• baby wipes and diapers (sizes 5, 6 and 7)
• dry or wet dog food and canned cat food
• pancake mix and pancake syrup
• snacks (crackers, potato chips, Fritos, etc.)
• crunchy peanut butter
• coffee ground, instant regular, or decaf
• condiments — ketchup, salad dressing, mayonnaise, mustard
• dried beans, black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans
• canned soups (beef, vegetable, steak and potato, etc.)
• paper grocery bags