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PREVIEW: Impact of Southern Arizona to hold Friday food drive

Hoping to collect over 5,000 donations of nonperishable foods
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Posted at 6:23 PM, Mar 27, 2024
and last updated 2024-03-27 21:23:30-04

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Local nonprofit Impact of Southern Arizona has hundreds of volunteers who help thousands of low-to-moderate-income families, right here in Tucson.

They're gearing up for their quarterly food drive, where they hope to collect 5,000 boxes, cans, or packages, of non-perishable food.

The nonprofit partneringis with Golder Ranch Fire District for the Friday food drive, on March 29. It starts at 8:30 a.m. and goes until 12:30 p.m.

The drive will be at the Walmart on Tangerine and Oracle. There will be a Golder Ranch Fire Truck in the parking lot, to help you find it:

Impact of Southern Arizona was a past recipient of KGUN 9's Giving Project. Read about their work in the community:

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Jeff Rosenfield joined KGUN 9 in July of 2022. He has a background in writing, as well as photography and other visual mediums. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the Arizona State University in May of 2022.