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# Food being collected for the holidays
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/food-being-collected-for-the-holidays/
- Published: 2002-11-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:01:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Westside Food Bank is holding its annual holiday food drive to combat hunger in the neighborhoods it serves.

Until Dec. 27, the public can drop off canned goods at the Food Bank’s warehouse, at 1710 22nd St., Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. or at the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce at 501 Colorado Ave. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, or 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Also large barrels for food collection are being distributed to schools, religious congregations and businesses throughout the westside.

The Westside Food Bank supplies food to 65 social services agencies in Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, West Los Angeles, Inglewood and West Hollywood. The Food Bank’s food now reaches more than 80,000 people each year, half of whom are children.

For further information, or to receive a holiday food drive barrel, call (310) 828- 6016, ext. 11.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 28, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112802.pdf?ref=smdp.com)