East Food Pantry to have distribution on Friday

Cars line up at Columbus East High School for food distribution from the Columbus East Food Pantry in Columbus, Ind., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

The Columbus East Food Pantry will have a community food distribution on Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for drive-up distribution of pre-bagged collections of food, with enough for approximately 220 families.

Several items in this month’s distribution can be incorporated into a Thanksgiving meal.

Columbus Animal Services will also be distributing limited amounts of pet food, and Columbus East senior Taylor Deaton will be distributing winter coats one per car for her Senior Project.

The Columbus East Food Pantry is available to the entire community and is not limited to BCSC families.

Pickup point is at Door 31 in the west parking lot behind the school near the tennis courts. The Columbus East Food Pantry is a Gleaners school-based food pantry.