The Feed Davis Annual Food Drive, benefitting local food pantries, is set for Saturday, March 14. Again this year, the Bountiful Food Pantry is coordinating the drive, which will provide much needed food to five community food pantries.

Coordinated with volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other community groups, collected food donations will go to the Bountiful Food Pantry, Open Doors in Layton, Fishes N’ Loaves, the Hope Center and the Center of Hope. 

“This March food drive has been happening under various names for decades,” said Rebekah Anderson, executive director of the Bountiful Food Pantry. “In Davis County, we are great at coming together and helping our neighbors. This food drive helps local pantries prevent hunger, but it also gives community members a chance to be a part of something bigger than themselves. It gives them a chance to make a big, positive impact on their community.”

She said the five pantries in Davis County are working to make sure no one in Davis goes to bed hungry, adding, “It’s great to have such an awesome network of local organizations working together towards one goal.”

“So many families in this economy are struggling to meet their basic needs,” Jason Wilde from Open Doors said. “When everybody in the community comes together and gives a little, it goes a long way to transform a parent’s worry and despair into relief and hope. That's what your food donation can do for your neighbors.”

Households throughout the county have had fliers hung to their front door handles with a QR code that can be used to learn more about drop off locations or to make monetary donations. Items should be left on front porches by 9 a.m. on March 14. Volunteers will then collect those items and take them to drop off locations. Individuals and families can also bring items to one of those locations, which are listed below.

Bountiful Food Pantry, 480 East 150 North in Bountiful

Farmington LDS chapel at 347 South 200 West

Kaysville LDS chapel at 900 N. Main Street

Layton Open Doors Pantry at 875 East UT 193

Layton LDS chapel at 2160 W. Gordon Avenue

Hope Center Food Pantry at 795 N. Main Street in Clearfield

There will also be drop off locations at LDS chapels in Woods Cross and Clinton. Those addresses will be announced on the Bountiful Food Pantry website or accessible with the OR code.

The most needed items are peanut butter, boxed meals, canned chili/soup, ramen noodles/pasta, baking supplies/mixes, canned meat, boxed cereal, canned tomatoes, and canned vegetables/fruit.

“In my opinion, Davis County is a great example to other counties on how to work together as a community for the common good,” Anderson said. “Davis County continually shows that we’re capable, and that we care.”

Use the QR code provided with this story or go to the pantry website for more information.