SEAFORD, NY — The Seaford Kiwanis Club wants your canned food, peanut butter, jelly and more to combat hunger on Long Island. The club is holding a food drive Sunday at Seamans Neck Park. The drive begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m., coinciding with Bronco Day.
"We need to do all we can to help," a flyer for the event said.
About 316,000 Long Islanders are hungry, the flyer said. More than 89,000 are kids.
"Let's make this our best food drive ever," organizers wrote.
The group does not want glass jars. The following is a list of the donations sought:
- Peanut butter
- Sun butter
- Jelly
- Cereal
- Pancake mix
- Pasta
- Rice
- Grain bars
- Powdered milk
- Evaporated or dry milk
- Canned vegetables
- Soups
- Juice boxes
- Canned ham/chicken/fish
- Canned pasta/beef stew
- Coffee
- Tea
- Condiments
- Cooking oil
- Spices
- baby wipes
- Formula
- Baby lotion/soap
- Toothpaste
- Soap
- Shampoo
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels
- Detergents
- Canned or dry dog and cat food
- New leashes
