Food drive planned for Alle-Kiski Alumni Society's TV football tailgate party

Alumni, friends and family can donate to the food bank and then enjoy some Penn State football when the Lions take on the Buckeyes on Oct. 17

Alumni can donate nonperishable items at door to benefit
Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank

Nittany Lions at Buckeyes
Saturday, Oct. 17, Elks Lodge, Tarentum
7 p.m. - Pre-game reception; free food; cash bar
8 p.m. - Kickoff

UPPER BURRELL, Pa. -- The Alle-Kiski Society of the Penn State Alumni Association is sponsoring a food drive beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, in conjunction with its televised Penn State football game tailgate party at the Elks Lodge on Sixth Avenue in Tarentum.

Penn State fans are encouraged to bring canned food and nonperishable items, such as paper products and infant/baby supplies, to the game. The alumni society will donate the collected items to the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank, which serves the local region.

Kickoff for the Nittany Lions and Ohio State Buckeyes is at 8 p.m. The pregame reception will begin an hour before kickoff. Refreshments are provided along with a cash bar.

The Alle-Kiski Society is based at Penn State New Kensington and represents more than 7,000 Penn State alumni living in the Alle-Kiski Valley.

For more information, contact Bill Woodard at 724-334-6049 or uxw1@psu.edu

For more on the society, visit http://www.nk.psu.edu/Alumni/alumorg.htm?cn613

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