Monmouth students host Stuff the Bus Nov. 21

ONMOUTH — The Monmouth Memorial School and the Monmouth Academy Student Government will host a Stuff the Bus Community Food Drive for the Cottrell-Taylor Christmas Baskets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 21.
Last year, MMS collected almost 2,000 items and provided several families with food for the holidays. Members of the community also separately donated more than 500 items at a community collection day.
To make sure everyone is safe, donors should pull into the Monmouth Academy entrance, pull up to a drop-off station and pop their trunk. A student will retrieve donated items. Drivers and passengers are asked to stay in their vehicles.
Suggested items are peanut butter, crackers, canned vegetables and fruit, cake/cookie/brownie mixes, macaroni and cheese, canned spaghetti sauce, pasta, cereal, rice, granola or fruit bars, Jello or pudding mix. Do not bring anything perishable, expired, damaged or in glass containers.
Donations will go to the Cottrell Taylor Foundation’s Christmas Baskets and any additional food items will go to Monmouth’s local food pantries.