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Menards continues annual tradition of food drive
Jun. 5—WESTOVER — June marks the beginning of the annual Menards Food Drive to help give back to the community in Morgantown.
The annual drive is held from June 1 until the end of July, according to Adam Stevens, general manager of the local Menards store.
"We have a drop site and we're partnering with the Pantry Plus More in town here, " Stevens said. "And we're doing it for the months of June and July. We actually do get a fairly good amount of donations, whether it was something purchased at the store or elsewhere."
Stevens added Menards receives at least a pallet's worth of donations whenever the store aids in a charitable cause.
So far the donation cupboard is bare, but Stevens noted most of the assistance arrives on the weekends.
"We just did a pet food drive recently, and each month, we look for a different opportunity to help the community out and find a different cause, " he said. "The pet food drive did fairly well. It might not be as big as the regular food drive, but it did very well. We got over a pallet's worth of goodies."
Menards also participates in a back-to-school supply drive for local students, as well as toy drives at Christmas.
"In the past, we've done school supply drives during July and August, " Stevens said. "Sometimes around Christmas, we will do a toy donation. Then throughout the rest of the year we do little donations for either a month or two months."
