North Glendale Is Winner in Canned Food Drive With Bristol Elementary

A friendly competition between the elementary schools netted thousands of donations to KirkCare, a food pantry for residents of the Kirkwood School District.

Students at North Glendale Elementary in the Kirkwood School District and Bristol Elementary in the Webster Groves School District just completed their fifth annual canned food drive competition.  North Glendale won this year’s competition by collecting and donating 2,318 items, which will be donated to KirkCare, a food pantry for residents of the Kirkwood School District. The friendly competition began five years ago and together the schools have collected over 22,000 food items. Information provided by Kirkwood School District.

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Kirkwood Choral Concert for STL Food Bank

Eliot Unitarian Chapel is holding a food drive and choral concert benefitting the St. Louis Area Food Bank, at 4 p.m. today. Admission is a canned or boxed non-perishable food item. Free-will offerings will be taken. Food may be dropped off all weekend during daytime.  Music will be favorite songs offered by the Chamber Choir and Chorale, the Children's Chalice Choir, Inner Voices, and special guests, the VIP Visions in Performance (Visually Impaired) choir. The concert should only last an hour. Thank to you Jan Chamberlin, music director of Eliot Unitarian Chapel, for sharing the above information with our readers.

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Business Spotlight

Kirkwood Market Sends 'Majic' Overseas

The longtime Kirkwood deli and convenience store is lending its hand as a drop-off location for a collection of wish list items for men and women serving overseas.

We all know Majic Market as a culinary Kirkwood institution, but the now the market is extending its reach overseas. The deli and convenience store is a drop-off location for a Support Our Troops Drive for the men and women of the 3175th Chemical Company based at Jefferson Barracks. The campaign is headed by All About Paws Rescue and runs through Nov. 1. For the employees of Majic Market, the drive has a special meaning. Shayne Jones, son of Majic Market manager Leigh Jones, is currently serving in Afghanistan. Collected items will be bundled as care packages to ensure troops receive items for Christmas and to let them know they are appreciated and supported, said Kim King of All About Paws Rescue. But the collection isn't the only …

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