The Lighthouse Foundation is taking special donations for families celebrating Thanksgiving this year.
According to Joe Franciscus, food pantry director at the foundation, the pantry doesn't give an annual holiday dinner, but instead asks for various items needed to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
“At the beginning of October, it's a good time to ask people to get items together,” Franciscus said.
On its list of needs this year are canned pumpkin and pineapple, broth, yams, cake and brownie mix, instant mashed and scalloped potatoes, macaroni and cheese, pie crust and filling, cranberry sauce, stuffing and more.
The pantry usually feeds more people around the holiday season. Franciscus said his estimates show that feeding 50 clients per day, four times a week, the foundation can assist upwards of 1,000 community members.
According to Franciscus, the amount of donations remains consistent over the holidays as it does during the course of a year.
“I haven't noticed a change yet,” Franciscus said.
Donations for The Lighthouse Foundation can be dropped off from noon to 3 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays. Franciscus said they will do their best to accommodate anyone who can't make those times, and that they should reach out to the organization.
For a complete list of needed donation items and more information on The Lighthouse and its food pantry, visit www.thelighthousepa.org.
