East pantry to have drive-thru distribution

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Greg Lewis, Columbus East Food Pantry coordinator, stages food for distribution from the Columbus East Food Pantry at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ind., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.

The Columbus East Food Pantry will have a community food distribution from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday for drive-up distribution of pre-bagged collections of food, with enough for approximately 200 families.

Due to strong demand, we are limiting the number of collections of food per car to two. Columbus Animal Services will also be distributing limited amounts of pet food.

The Columbus East Food Pantry is available to the entire community and is not limited to BCSC families. Pickup point is at door 31 in the west parking lot behind the school near the tennis courts. The Columbus East Food Pantry is a Gleaners school-based food pantry.