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Haverhill’s Golden Hill Elementary School is having a food and hygiene items drive all this week to benefit families of the school.
Among suggested donations are breakfast foods such as boxed cereal, oatmeal, toaster pastries, syrup, shelf-stable milk, cereal bars and just-add-water-type pancake mix; boxed and bagged snacks such as boxed baked and fruit and condiments; lunches including peanut butter and jelly in plastic containers, canned meats and fruit cups; and boxed and canned dinner items including rice, pasta, vegetables and beans.
Golden Hill Elementary School also seeks gift cards and such hygiene items as toothpaste, toothbrushes, bar and liquid and soap, deodorant, Chapstick, skin lotion, paper products, laundry and dish soap and sponges.
The drive runs through Friday, Feb. 6, and items may be delivered or dropped off at 140 Boardman St. Haverhill.