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Image courtesy of Eddie's Food Drive.
Organizers of the annual Eddie's Food Drive, have announced that their effort to collect food donations from the community to restock the Westwood Food Pantry will run from April 1st to April 19th, with a launch on March 30th assisted by Westwood Girl Scouts.
Collection bins will be located at the following locations and with the following groups:
- Westwood Public Library (Main and Islington branch)
- Wentworth Hall
- Westwood Extended Day Programs
- Sheehan Elementary
- Roche Bros
- Westwood High School
- Thurston Middle School
- Westwood Public Libraries
- UPY- (April 1-7, Westwood location)
- Westwood Girl Scouts
- Westwood Children's School/Tobin School
- WYWC
Requested items for collection are:
- Sugar
- Flour
- Cake/brownie mix
- Pancake mix/syrup
- Peanut butter & jelly
- Salad dressing & salsa
- Olive/veg. oil
- Canned tuna/chicken (in water)
- Canned carrots
- Cereal
- Soup
- Cookies & crackers
- Herbal tea
- Boxed pasta/pasta sauce
- Toothpaste/toiletries (small)
Westwood Girl Scouts will kick off the annual effort by donating cookies to Westwood Food Pantry at the end of this month. The scouts' donation is special in that it honors 5 year-old Eddie Thomson's belief that “everyone deserves a treat.”
Eddie was 5 years old when he learned that food insecurity existed, and he was deeply touched by the issue. He decided to collect food donations instead of asking for presents for his birthday. After he passed away at age six in 2017, the Thomson family came up with the idea of Eddie's Food Drive to honor his memory and as a way to give back to the community. They launched the drive in 2019, and except for a brief one year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, Eddie's Food Drive has continued annually. It is now in its sixth year.
Thanks to Jessica Thomson for sharing this news with Westwood Minute.
