“This year, in particular, with economic factors hitting families so hard, we wanted to do what we could to help restock shelves for local food pantries, as we know that they’re getting a lot more traffic than what they have in the recent past,” Lambert said.
The company, which has locations in Hamilton, Fairfield and Mason, will be collecting donated food items up through Monday, Nov. 21. Lambert said AurGroup moved its food drive this year to be near the Thanksgiving holiday.
Historically, Lambert said AurGroup has partnered with Fairfield Food Pantry and Shared Harvest, a Fairfield-based foodbank that supplies low-cost goods to food pantries throughout southwest Ohio. This year, the Journal-News has reported on Shared Harvests struggles with supply chain and delivery issues, thus making food a bit more scarce at local pantries.
“It’s our mission to give back to our community whenever we can, and that means partnering with local organizations to assist their efforts in helping the community,” Lambert said.
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