Mary Brennan Inn in Hempstead to hold contactless food drive

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The Mary Brennan Inn soup kitchen, at 100 Madison Ave. in Hempstead, will hold a contactless food drive from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 1.

Donors will place their donations on a table at which masked volunteers will stand at a distance. They will retrieve the food after the donor drives away.

Among the needed items are:

Canned meats
Canned tuna and salmon

Canned soup (flip-top cans)
Canned stews and chili
Canned vegetables
Canned fruit
Dry soup
Peanut butter
Jelly (no glass)
Travel-size toiletries (soap, shampoo, conditioner)
Hot and cold cereals (oatmeal and Farina)
Rice
Powdered milk
Packaged pasta (macaroni and cheese)
Canned beans
Baby food and cereal (no glass jars)
Baby formula (Enfamil and Similac)

The Inn is not accepting clothes at this collection.

For more about the Interfaith Nutrition Network, call (516) 732-6009, or go to www.the-inn.org/covid19.