A Family Affair
Area Families Reach Out to Help Others
The 23rd annual Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive has another successful year.
Nearly 600 people participated in the 23rd annual Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive last Saturday. Many of the volunteers gathered bright and early outside the doors of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament on the Washington, D.C. side of Chevy Chase. They braved the cold and enjoyed coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts before heading inside to pick up T-shirts, receive final instructions, and take part in a brief prayer service. They then jumped into their cars to go out and collect cans and boxes of food from their neighbors. The drive's leaders divided up the area around the church into about 80 territories of 250 homes each, with two or three families covering each territory. During the week before the drive, the volunteers drop off bags…
