Elmsdale, Nine Mile River fire hold successful food drive at Superstore

Firefighters fill another shopping cart at the food drive. (Submitted photo)

ELMSDALE: Two local volunteer fire departments continued their giving back over the weekend.

Elmsdale Fire and Nine Mile River fire came together to put on a food drive at the Elmsdale Superstore.

The community responded in earnest.

The two departments collected 11 shopping carts worth of food and $1,000 for those in need. Gift cards were also dropped off and donated.

The firefighters at the food drive. (Submitted photo)

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The food after it was dropped to the food bank. (Submitted photo)

The food drive was in support of Caring & Sharing Angel Tree Food Bank.

In a post, the Food Bank thanked the community for supporting the food drive.

“We also want to thank NMR and Elmsdale fire service members for organizing and delivering a very successful food drive held at Superstore,” they said.