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Volunteers step up, help out during rainy Walk & Knock food drive

By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter
Published: December 7, 2019, 5:55pm
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Roxie Olsen, left, passes donated food to Ali Parmenter during the Walk & Knock food drive on Saturday at Chuck's Produce. Olsen previously served as a Walk & Knock board member for 15 years. Now, she continues to volunteer.
Roxie Olsen, left, passes donated food to Ali Parmenter during the Walk & Knock food drive on Saturday at Chuck's Produce. Olsen previously served as a Walk & Knock board member for 15 years. Now, she continues to volunteer. (Steve Dipaola for The Columbian) Photo Gallery

A line of one dozen shopping carts, filled with donated food, tripled over the course of an hour outside Chuck’s Produce in Salmon Creek on Saturday morning during the annual Walk & Knock food drive.

Rain soaked hundreds of bags filled with shelf-stable foods — cereal, pasta, instant mashed potatoes, canned vegetables and other items overflowed the carts.

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