The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON – Dayton’s Wenaha Gallery is gearing up for its sixth annual food drive to raise nonperishables for the Dayton Community Food Bank. This year’s month-long drive will from Jan. 3-31. During the drive, the Wenaha Gallery will offer a $2 discount on framing for every canned item brought in (up to 20% off the total framing job.) Last year, the gallery raised 550 pounds of food that they delivered to the food bank located in the former fire station next to Dayton’s City Hall.

The bank is a volunteer organization. “We distribute food to clients whose income falls below 185% of the federal poverty level. We do this on Tuesdays, from 2 – 4 p.m., but besides all that, we need people to manage the accounts, order the food, schedule the volunteers, arrange the call lists, make the decisions, and keep the unit together,” said Director Laura Thorn. The food bank serves 140-160 households, representing up to 550 people each month.

As food is collected for the drive, it will be added to the ever-growing display in the Wenaha Gallery window, encouraging people to help their neighbors while taking advantage of the convenient drop-off location.