American Legion Post 101 Holds Food Drive

Dick Powers, Jim Reed, and John Hanscom at last month's meeting of American Legion Post 101. The post meets next on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 PM at the Andover Fire Station and welcomes new members. Photo: Keillor Kaplan-James — Dick Powers, Jim Reed, and John Hanscom at last month’s meeting of American Legion Post 101. The post meets next on Tuesday, September 15, at 7 PM at the Andover Fire Station and welcomes new members. Photo: Keillor Kaplan-James

The American Legion Crosby-Gilbert Post 101 of Andover is sponsoring a non-perishable food drive to support the Andover Food Pantry. Food will be collected by members of the post at the Andover Transfer Station on Wednesday, September 9, from 7 AM to 2 PM, and again on Saturday, September 12 from 7 AM to 4 PM.

Any non-perishable food items are helpful for the pantry, as long as their dates haven’t expired. But particularly helpful are the very basic canned goods like tuna, beef stew, canned spaghetti or ravioli, spaghetti sauce, corn, green beans, and baked beans. Peanut butter and jelly and breakfast cereals are also popular items. Avoid glass jars if you can.

Post 101 continues to grow, adding recent veterans and active-duty military to its membership. The post meets on the third Tuesday of the month – September 15 this month – at 7 PM at the Andover Fire Station on Main Street.

For more information, call Lloyd Perreault at 735-5493.