Collegedale Academy Canned Food Drive Begins October 9!

Collegedale Academy begins its annual can collecting drive on October 9! This gives many residents of Hamilton County the opportunity to help families in need in our local area. Collegedale Academy’s Drive for Hope campaign (CAD for Hope) was a huge success last year with 28,000 articles of food collected and distributed to over 600 families! Your donated food items are delivered to nine downtown Chattanooga facilities including the Chambliss Home and Signal Center. The Samaritan Center, in Ooltewah, also receives collected food items for distribution to families throughout the year. “Without these food drive contributions, we would not be able to meet the growing support needs of families in and around the Ooltewah area,” says Samaritan Center director, Tony Dahlberg.

If you are new to the area, the project works like this- Collegedale Academy students drop off paper bags at local resident’s homes on Thursday October 9, and then return to pick up the “filled” bags on Saturday afternoon, October 11. It is a can collection program that has been a part of our community for some time. “This will be the 24 th year the program has been in existence and what a blessing it is for our students to help AND of course for the families that receive an added boost from the food collections,” states Richard Cadavero, Bible teacher and originator of the project.

If you never receive a bag on your doorstep and would like to contribute, you may send a tax deductible check to: CAD for Hope- Collegedale Academy, P.O. Box 628, Collegedale, TN 37315. Collegedale Academy students look forward to working with our community on this important project!

BAG DROP-OFF --October 9

BAG PICK-UP --October 11