Offaly Lions club food appeal takes place this weekend at Tullamore supermarket

THE Tullamore Lions Club Food Appeal resumes this year courtesy of Dunnes Stores and Tesco.

Collections at the Dunnes Stories Church Road and Bridge Centre Dunnes Stores will take place on the 9th and 10th of December.

The Food Appeal chairperson, Mike Flynn, stressed that: “The Lions Club will be grateful for donations of non-perishable foodstuffs of all kinds which will be used to make up hampers. Cash donations will also be gratefully accepted. The money collected will be used to buy shorter-life food that can be added to hampers on the day they are being delivered”.

Lions Club president, Anthony Kearns, said that: -“In recent years, Covid restrictions prevented us from collecting food but we managed to support the most needy families by providing them with food vouchers instead of hampers

“We expect that many families will find it difficult to meet the cost of Christmas this year due to the cost of living increases we are experiencing. We are grateful to Dunnes Stores and Tesco for generously facilitating our food collection again this year.

‘The Lions Club works with other community service providers and organisations to identify families most in need. To avoid a needy family being missed out, our collectors will gladly accept names of families in need in our attempt to ensure that families most in need are prioritised”.