Bring the goods to Good Shepherd's Stuff the Truck

If you’ve been overstocking with BOGO deals, now’s a good time to share. The Stuff the Truck food drive at Good Shepherd Catholic Church is gearing up for its July 14-16 event.

The goal is to stuff a U-Haul box truck with 200 or more boxes of nonperishable food and personal hygiene items to help the food program at the nonprofit Good News Outreach.

Summer can be a tough time for the food insecure. School kids lose access to free meals. Visitors who donate head north for cooler weather. Locals go on vacation.

Here are the details on this year’s event

• Stuff the Truck is an annual July food drive supported by the parishioners of Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 4665 Thomasville Road.
• Anyone can donate. One does not need to be a member or to attend services at Good Shepherd to help their neighbors.
• Drop off hours are Friday, July 14, from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Saturday, July 15, from 9 – 11 a.m. and 4:30 – 7 p.m. or Sunday, July 16, from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. Please drop off items in the Community Center. The church is at 4665 Thomasville Road. Checks may be written & sent to: Good News Outreach, Inc. P.O. Box 3304 Tallahassee, FL 32315-3304. Visit goodshepherdparish.org.
• Donations of nonperishable food should be in unbreakable containers and still be within in their best-use-by or sell-by dates.

Examples of items suitable for donation:

Canned goods such as: Fruit, meat, vegetables, spaghetti sauce, soup, tuna fish

Boxed goods such as: Pasta, macaroni & cheese, cereal/oatmeal, instant potatoes/grits, stuffing, cake/bread mixes                

Plastic containers such as: Peanut butter, jelly, cooking oil, salad dressing, condiments, coffee, juices, adult nutritional drinks such as Ensure