Local News in Brief : Countywide : Retailers Conducting Holiday Food Drives

The Community Development Council, Orange County’s largest anti-poverty agency, will collect and distribute goods gathered from holiday food drives being staged by several retailers.

May Co. will collect canned goods in barrels at stores in Buena Park, Brea, Costa Mesa, Orange, Westminster and Mission Viejo. The drive, which will continue until Dec. 22, is co-sponsored by LIFE (Love Is Feeding Everyone).

Georgetown Manor, Ethan Allen Furniture Galleries, will continue its collection of canned food through Dec. 15 at store locations in Santa Ana, Lake Forest, Cerritos and Whittier.

Clubs and civic organizations are staging a table-decorating contest with special viewings of the creations beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays. Admission is canned food or cash donations to the food drive. The tables may also be viewed at other times during store hours.

Clarence W. (Buddy) Ray, executive director of the Community Development Council, said the food gathered by the retailers and distributed by the council will be used to feed the estimated 383,000 people in the county who might not have enough to eat during the holidays.