Help Curves collect food for local pantries

Curves

From April 1 to 30, Oskaloosa Curves would like to challenge our community to help us out in participating in our 13th annual Curves’ food drive by bringing in any non-perishable food items or monetary donations ($1 is equal to three pounds of food) to Curves during the month of April.

We will weigh the food and donate all of these items to the local food pantry in our area. We will be turning in the amount of pounds at the end of the month to Curves International. The goal for Oskaloosa Curves is for the community to come together to help families in need.

At the core of our business is the message that women are stronger when they rally together, and that is the point we hope to bring home with our food drive. We want to show our community just how powerful the generosity of our community can be.

As part of this effort, Oskaloosa Curves will be participating in a company-wide contest for the most food-drive donations collected by Curves locations across the nation. Winners will receive one of several cash prizes – – first place is $1,000, second, third and fourth place is a $500 prize – – to be donated to their local food bank. Each year, Curves locations collectively donate millions of pounds of food to feed the hungry. I feel we have a great chance of winning these cash prizes, and if not, it is still a win/win situation for the food pantry.

In conjunction with the food drive, Curves is offering a special offer to potential members from April 4th through April 18th . Curves will waive the $99 service (joining) fee in exchange for a full bag of groceries!

In addition, we would like to challenge members of our community with their families to try to exercise 30 minutes daily for disease prevention.

For more information about Curves of Oskaloosa, located in Penn Central Mall, and the Curves food drive, contact Teri Cirbo at 641-660-0660.