THATCHER — Gila Valley school children and Double R Communications are teaming once again to ensure every family has food to eat this holiday season.
The annual Elementary School Food Drive is going on now, with one class at each school eligible to win a pizza party and more.
Last year’s food drive generated more than 40,000 food items for Our Neighbor’s Farm and Pantry food bank, and the goal is to bring in even more this year.
Children as asked to bring as many non-perishable food items as possible to class, and the class with the most items in each school will win a Domino’s pizza party, cupcakes from Creative Custom Cakes, a trophy from Trophies N’ Tees and a visit from the PHI Air Medical helicopter.
The deadline to donate is Thursday, Nov. 20.
Double R Communications — operators of Kat Kountry 94.5, Sunny 102.3, News-Talk 1230 AM KATO and Valley Vision, along with GilaValleyCentral.net — has been coordinating the food drive for more than 20 years; and this year’s sponsors include Domino’s, Creative Custom Cakes, Trophies N’ Tees, PHI Air Medical, Sparklight, Valley Furniture, Macks Auto Parts/Napa, Open Loop, American Southwest Credit Union, the Graham County Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Graham and Greenlee Counties.
