Our very good neighbor, Companion Cove, will host a month-long food drive in September. From September 3rd through 30th, the folks at Companion Cove will accept your donations of food, supplies, and pet food. Your donations will be distributed by the St. Christopher’s Community Church food bank, which is a satellite for the Thurston County Food Bank. Anything extra goes to the main food bank warehouse to be distributed throughout Thurston County.
The most needed items are:
- Canned food, especially protein type food
- Paper towels
- Toilet paper
- Laundry soap
- Dish soap
- Personal items, such as shampoo and hand soap
- Travel shampoo, conditioners, soap – items like those you pick up when you are in hotels
- Gift cards for gas or for groceries at Olympia’s Grocery Outlet
- Both dry and canned pet food is needed for cats and dogs
Cash donations can be made directly to the St. Christopher’s Community Church Food Bank. Click this link to make a secure online donation. If you would prefer to mail a check, please make it out to “St. Christopher’s Community Church.” Your check’s memo line should say “Basic Needs Program.” Checks can be mailed to St. Christopher’s Community Church, 7902 Steamboat Island Road NW, Olympia, WA 98502.
Neighborhood Food Drive
September 3 through 30
Companion Cove
The St. Christopher’s food bank provides support to families and individuals right here in the Griffin area.
Thank you, Companion Cove, for hosting this food drive! This past June, we wrote about the Griffin Neighborhood Association’s call to local businesses to host a series of food drives for the benefit of area residents. You can read that article here if you missed it.
Companion Cove is your pet, feed, and garden shop, conveniently located at 6644 Sexton Dr. NW, Olympia WA 98502. They are on Facebook and online at companioncove.org. Contact them at (360)-915-7394 and companioncovellc@gmail.com.
Here at Companion Cove, we aim to satisfy all your pet, feed & garden needs. From cats and dogs to chickens and horses we provide a full selection of items. For the gardeners out there we have a large selection of bedding plants, deck baskets and hanging flower baskets. In addition to plants and baskets, we also carry potting soil, bark mulch, compost, peat moss, hand tools , fertilizers, garden gloves and much more. All of this in one locally owned store.
We thank Companion Cove and we thank you for your support of this local business and for your contributions to September’s food drive.