It's a fierce competition each year to see which local agency can collect the most food items in Golf Mill's "Festival of Trees" food drive.
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- Pam DeFiglio
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Friday, December 21, 2012
One year, the Niles Fire Department won. Another, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church took home the honors. This year, the Niles Police Department got the glory of winning Golf Mill Shopping Center's "Festival of Trees" food drive by collecting the greatest number of donations to the holiday food drive--4,423. "I am very excited that we won the contest and want to thank all of those that supported the Police Department," said Niles Police Chief Dean Strzelecki. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch on Facebook "However I am overjoyed with the response to the food drive and very happy for the people in need during this season. I would encourage all that participated during this time of giving to try and think of those in need all year long by …
The bins are kind of bare, and Thanksgiving is coming. The village is collecting non-perishable food for the holidays. It also is asking for donations of new, unwrapped toys for the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The Village of Niles & Niles Fire Department announce the 9th annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve/Village of Niles Toys for Tots Drive & Community Food Drive. Toys for Tots is a charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve that provides toys to children in need during the holidays. In 2011, you helped provide food to 105 local families through Niles Family Services. The need may rise this year. For children in need, the gift of a new toy means that someone cares and that they were not forgotten. HOW TO DONATE: The following Niles locations will be collecting non-perishable food items and new toy donations during regular business hours beginning November 5 thru December 16, 2012. Hours are listed below. Per the U.S. Marine …
Dick Barton
8:34 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
This was a wonderful effort by the folks at Golf Mill Shopping Center. The food for the Maine Township Emergency Food Pantry was much needed and appreciated. Congrats to the Niles Police for such an outstanding effort. Thanks to all the organizations that participated. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! more ›