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Salem Police To Host 'It Starts With Me' Fill-A-Cruiser Food Drive

The 15th annual Thanksgiving food drive will be held Wednesday at the Salem Police Station on Margin Street.

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The Salem Police Department will mark 15 years of collecting Thanksgiving food donations for those in need with the return of the "It Starts With Me" food drive on Wednesday.
The Salem Police Department will mark 15 years of collecting Thanksgiving food donations for those in need with the return of the "It Starts With Me" food drive on Wednesday. (Scott Souza/Patch)

SALEM, MA — The Salem Police Department will mark 15 years of collecting Thanksgiving food donations for those in need with the return of the "It Starts With Me" food drive on Wednesday.

Residents are invited to come to the station at 96 Margin Street between 4 and 6 p.m. and help "fill-a-cruiser" with traditional holiday food items that Salem police will then deliver.

Items of need at this time are canned gravy, 64-ounce juice bottles, turkey stuffing, fresh squash, canned green beans and canned peas.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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