The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG—The holiday season is here. Local clubs, organizations, and businesses have been busy with annual food drives- many of which have turned into fund drives to support area food pantries and assistance.

Banner Bank has changed up its annual Holiday Food Drive. Instead of donations of canned goods, the bank is accepting cash donations for the Holiday Fund Drive. Each Banner Bank branch gets to choose a local organization to support during the holiday season, and the Waitsburg location has selected the Waitsburg Resource Center.

“This has been a challenging year for everyone, so this drive is one more way we can continue to support our community,” said Bev Rising, Vice President and Branch Manager of the Waitsburg and Dayton Branches. “Every year, we host a food drive, yet because of social distancing this year, we transformed it into a fund drive. One hundred percent of everything donated will be passed along to the Waitsburg Resource Center to feed local families this holiday season. We invite our clients and the community to join with us to give, and together we can help those in need this year.”

In Waitsburg, donations can be made at the Waitsburg Banner Bank drive-through, 215 N Main Street. Banner Bank is open Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m-1 p.m, and Friday 1 p.m- 6 p.m. All Banner Bank locations are accepting donations for their local food assistance programs.

If you prefer to donate unexpired, shelf-stable food items, the Corral Wranglers 4-H Club has a food donation bin set up at Waitsburg Grocery, 200 Main Street. The donation bin will be available until November 28, and all donations will benefit the Waitsburg Resource Center.