Here is the press release the Andy Skrobola Memorial Food Drive committee sent to the Canfield Town Crier and Vindicator Neighbors section, following another successful year:

Canfield, OH, January 7, 2019 – Another Andy Skrobola Memorial Holiday Food Drive has come to an end, and it was an overwhelming success.

More food than ever was collected in the city and township back in November.

It was also a record year for cash donations. $4,000 was donated so that the Lions Club could purchase turkey vouchers as well as additional food for our community’s needy families.

50 families consisting of at least 150 people were fed for a week at both Thanksgiving and Christmas. In addition to the food donated and purchased, they received a turkey voucher for Thanksgiving and a ham for Christmas.

The annual holiday food drive is a combined effort of the Canfield Lions, the Knights of Columbus, Canfield Community Care Net, Canfield Rotary and the Canfield High School Leos Club. (The Leos Club is the youth organization of the Lions, with 150 members at Canfield High School.)

Thanks to the Canfield residents who filled grocery bags with non-perishable food and other items. The Lions, Leos and Knights dropped bags at 4,500 area homes, and picked up many of the filled bags.

The Lions purchased the turkey vouchers, the K of C bought the hams, Community Care Net provided food vouchers, and the Rotary Club provided winter coats.
$1000 in funding remains for food vouchers to be distributed during the Easter season.

Thanks to all, especially the community, for making this worthwhile endeavor possible.