Historical November–December 2013 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
After a three year hiatus our Skinker Debaliviere Food Drive returned this year with great success.
On Saturday, October 12th drivers combed the neighborhood, gathering bags of non-perishables and delivering them to volunteers at the SD office who categorized and sorted the donations.
The result was 887 items of food and toiletries. Volunteers who have been working on food drives in past years remarked that this was the biggest return that they remembered.
When the items were sorted into boxes and bags, they were brought to the food pantries at New Cote Brilliante, St. Roch, Grace Methodist, and Grace and Peace. Long time volunteers of the Skinker DeBaliviere Food Drive decided unanimously to rename this effort the ‘Shirley Polk Memorial Food Drive’ in honor of the late Mrs. Polk of the 5700 block of DeGiverville who was very active in the SD neighborhood and spearheaded this effort for many years.
This year’s drive was an initiative of SDCC’s Neighborhood Services Committee. Thank you to all who volunteered and to all who donated to this worthy cause.
Original photograph caption
Volunteers with food drive donations. Individual names not printed.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2013.
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