Yearly food drive 'feeds' local need

Volunteers with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul help unload boxes of canned and non-perishable food during this year's "Stuff the Bus" program on Nov. 19. Food collected during the day helped benefit two local area food banks with a second effort scheduled for Dec. 17.

thousands of pounds of canned and non-perishable food during a yearly effort aimed at helping less-fortunate families in the area.

Volunteers representing the Caldwell Transportation Company started its yearly "Stuff the Bus" food drive Nov. 19 by setting up buses at Albertson's and Wal-Mart in Mountain Home.

For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition.