Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, Food Finders multi-regional food bank, Friends of Long Beach Animals and We Love Long Beach are organizing the annual Long Beach Community Food Drive for the fourth consecutive year. Barrels will be placed in several locations throughout the city to collect canned or packaged food and pet food to help out needy families and pets in Long Beach. Donations are being accepted now through Dec. 31, 2011.
“For the past four years, this annual food drive has collected enough food to feed thousands of Long Beach neighbors in need,” said Foster. “I know that Long Beach residents and businesses will again donate generously to help those less fortunate.”
Food Finders will collect from several drop-off locations and then distribute the donated food to more than 100 organizations in Long Beach.
For a complete list of suggested items and drop-off locations, visit MayorBobFoster.com. Check the website for updates as additional collection sites will be added in the coming weeks.
Food drop-off locations
7-11, 1190 N. Studebaker Rd.
Alamitos Neighborhood Library, 1836 E. Third St.
Appleby’s, 119 Linden Ave.
Assistance League of Long Beach, 2100 E. 4th St.
Atlantic Studio, 2310 E. 4th St.
Baskin Robbins, 3585 N. Coyotes Diagonal
Baskin Robbins, 1960 Ximeno Ave.
Bay Shore Neighborhood Library, 195 Bay Shore Ave.
Beehive Salon, 398 Mira Mar Ave.
Bixby Animal Clinic, 3938 Atlantic Ave.
Bret Harte Neighborhood Library, 1595 W. Willow St.
Brewitt Neighborhood Library, 4036 E. Anaheim St.
Broadway Glass & Mirror, 2523 E. Broadway
Burnett Neighborhood Library, 560 E. Hill St.
Century 21, 4425 Atlantic Blvd.
Curves, 8161 E. Wardlow
Curves, 201 Long Beach Blvd.
Curves, 4102 Orange Ave., #108
Curves, 6536 Spring St.
Dana Neighborhood Library, 3680 Atlantic Ave.
El Dorado Neighborhood Library, 2900 Studebaker Rd.
F & M Bank, 3140 E. Anaheim St.
F & M Bank, 4545 California Ave.
F & M Bank, 2302 N. Bellflower Blvd.
First Bank, 6200 Pacific Coast Highway
First Bank, 3850 Atlantic Ave.
First Bank, 100 Oceangate, Suite 300
FreeSpirit Yoga, 3910 Atlantic Ave.
Huntington Academy, 2935 E. Spaulding Ct.
Kilroy Fitness, 3750 Kilroy Airport Way
Kilroy Realty, 3780 Kilroy Airport Way., Suite 410
Leadership Long Beach, 3939 Atlantic Ave.
Long Beach Animal Care Services, 7700 E. Spring St.
Long Beach Airport, 4135 E. Donald Douglas Dr. (adjacent to valet parking)
Long Beach Fire Department, 3205 N. Lakewood Blvd.
Long Beach Unified School District ACT, 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Education II-173
Los Altos Neighborhood Library, 5614 E. Britton Dr.
Main Library, 101 Pacific Ave.
Mark Twain Neighborhood Library, 1401 E. Anaheim St.
North Neighborhood Library, 5571 Orange Ave.
Paint N Glaze, 3960 Studebaker Rd.
Red Room, 1227 E. 4th St.
Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library, 4055 Bellflower Blvd.
Salon 500, 500 E. Broadway
Union Bank, 400 Oceangate
Union Bank, 5430 E. Second St.
Union Bank (Long Beach Renaissance), 1900 Atlantic Ave.
Items Needed by Food Finders
applesauce, baby formula, beans, broth, cake mix, canned milk, canned tuna, cereal, coffee/tea, condiments, cranberry sauce, deodorant, detergent, diapers, disposable razors, feminine products, fruit (packaged), gravy, instant cocoa, instant potatoes, jam or jelly, Jell-o/pudding, juice, pasta, peanut butter, pet food (canned or dried, including treats), pie filling, rice, shampoo, soap, soup/stew, stuffing, toothpaste, vegetables (canned), yams
