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Pounding for Florence Food Share
November 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The 23rd annual “Pounding” to benefit Florence Food Share will be held at Grocery Outlet on Saturday, November 18, from 10am to 2pm. Founded and hosted by local businesswoman Cindy Wobbe, this annual food drive aims to fill the food bank’s pantries with much needed canned, boxed, and frozen food items in time for the holiday season. The event will be conducted as a drive-through donation drop directly in front of the store.
Started in 2000 and held the Saturday just before Thanksgiving, the Pounding is modeled after the early tradition often practiced in small communities when a new family or preacher would move to town. “To help folks get their feet firmly planted, everyone would join together and contribute a pound of food to fill the pantry. Someone would bring a pound of flour, another a pound of sugar, and somebody else a pound of beans. When everybody chips in, we can fill those shelves pretty quickly,” said Wobbe. “Nearly 800 families in our community are food insecure and rely on Food Share each month for assistance. The current housing crises and economic challenges place extraordinary stresses on both Food Share and the families they serve. That need is not going to go away. This food drive has been a godsend year after year.” To date, this event has raised nearly 200,000 pounds of food.
Wobbe will be joined by local radio personalities from KCST Coast Radio, which has conducted a live radio remote on location every year since the beginning. Purchasing food from Grocery Outlet is not required; food from any commercially packed source will be accepted. However, Florence Grocery Outlet marks specials throughout the store of items most desperately needed at the food bank and plans to have extra staff available during the event to help with pushing grocery carts, loading boxes of canned foods, and ringing in customers at the checkstands.
Grocery Outlet is located at 2066 Hwy. 101. The Pounding will begin at 10am on Saturday, November 18, and continue until 2pm.
