Kirkland Nourishing Network is holding a food box drive for the Thanksgiving weekend to help some local families in need.

The organization is a group of individuals, schools, churches, non-profits and government members who come together to share ideas and efforts to solve hunger and food scarcity in Kirkland.

Kirkland Nourishing Network will be delivering food boxes to local elementary students and their families. Many of these students receive a free breakfast and lunch while at school, but will not be getting those meals over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend. These food boxes augment their family meals.

Cub Scout Pack No. 550 collected enough food to donate eight boxes toward the drive. The scouts talked to friends and family and brought canned goods, rice, pasta, soups, applesauce and much more.

Kirkland Nourishing Network member Lynette Apley is coordinating the food drive day on Nov. 25. She and other volunteers will accept the boxes from the Cub Scout pack in the morning and then hand the boxes out to the deserving families in the afternoon.

“This is a fantastic and generous donation from Scout Pack No. 550. Every box counts and we’re very grateful for their support,” Apley said. “We are helping more than 51 adults and 99 kids – some families with eight and 10 children – so these food boxes truly make the difference for them, especially at a holiday time. One family said it will be the first time they can host a family Thanksgiving because they have enough food to feed everyone.”

Anyone interested in helping the Kirkland Nourishing Network food drive can get instructions and sign up to bring a box at mysignup.com/thanksgivingfood.

For more information about Kirkland Nourishing Network, visit nourishingnetworks.net.