WESTOVER — June marks the beginning of the annual Menards Food Drive to help give back to the community in Morgantown.
The annual drive is held from June 1 until the end of July, according to Adam Stevens, general manager of the local Menards store.
“We have a drop site and we’re partnering with the Pantry Plus More in town here,” Stevens said. “And we’re doing it for the months of June and July. We actually do get a fairly good amount of donations, whether it was something purchased at the store or elsewhere.”
Stevens added Menards receives at least a pallet’s worth of donations whenever the store aids in a charitable cause.
So far the donation cupboard is bare, but Stevens noted most of the assistance arrives on the weekends.
“We just did a pet food drive recently, and each month, we look for a different opportunity to help the community out and find a different cause,” he said. “The pet food drive did fairly well. It might not be as big as the regular food drive, but it did very well. We got over a pallet’s worth of goodies.”
Menards also participates in a back-to-school supply drive for local students, as well as toy drives at Christmas.
“In the past, we’ve done school supply drives during July and August,” Stevens said. “Sometimes around Christmas, we will do a toy donation. Then throughout the rest of the year we do little donations for either a month or two months.”
