Tomorrow evening, (Wednesday, December 6, 2006) the Scenic City Volks Folks will once again take part in the Channel 3 Eyewitness News Team's 22nd Annual Share Your Christmas Food Drive.
For the past 21 years, Channel 3’s Eyewitness News Team has conducted the community’s largest televised food drive, Share Your Christmas. In 2005, more than 100,000 tons of food was collected and donated to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank for their Emergency Food Box Assistance program. Last year, the Chattanooga Area Food Bank provided non-perishable foods for more than 25,000 families in the 22 Counties they serve.
For more information about the Chattanooga Area Food Bank you can visit their website at
http://www.chattfoodbank.org. For more information about the food drive, visit Channel 3's web site at
http://www.wrcbtv.com.
The Volks Folks will gather at Coker Tire's headquarters, located at 1317 Chestnut Street (Directions to Coker Tire: From I-24 east, take Highway 27 north to Main Street exit 1. Left on Main two blocks to Chestnut. Left on Chestnut 1 block. From I-75, take I-24 west and follow above directions.)
Our original plan was to leave Coker's at about 5:55 PM and drive over to the pavilion, but the food bank has requested that we show up a few minutes earlier if possible. So please, pick up a few non-perishables, hop in your Volkswagen and try to be at Coker's, ready to go, at 5:45 PM!
