ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- The Junior Force Council Booster Club at Arnold Air Force Base is organizing a food drive to collect donations as part of its annual Thanksgiving Basket Program.
The drive, which provides food to Coffee County families in need of Thanksgiving meals, will run from Oct. 24 through Nov. 11.
Collection boxes will be placed in the lobbies of several buildings across base.
Last year, the club surpassed its goal, collecting enough nonperishable food items for a total of 62 food baskets.
Adam Moon, this year’s JFCBC president, stated that the success of past food drives is due to the support from the community and AEDC family.
“Team AEDC really shows out for this food drive every year, and we can’t thank everyone enough who has donated and who plans to continue donating to this effort,” he said. “The Junior Force Council Booster Club wouldn’t be able to do this each year without you.”
The Thanksgiving Food Basket Program at Arnold got its start when members of the Coffee County Backpack Program for Deerfield Elementary School in Manchester approached JFCBC members about collecting food items for the holiday.
The Backpack Program is a local charity that provides food to students who may not have provisions during tough economic times. Through this program, children in need receive a backpack with enough food to feed them through each weekend during the school year. As an extension of the Backpack Program, the Thanksgiving Food Basket Program is meant to provide enough food to help a family prepare a Thanksgiving meal.
For more information about the program, where to donate or how to help, call 931-454-4248.
Disclaimer: The Junior Force Council Booster Club is a private organization, which is not part of the Department of Defense or any of its components and has no governmental status.