The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the Nashville Fire Department (NFD) are teaming up with the city’s Office of Family Safety (OFS) for a food drive that began Monday.
“Metro Nashville Police Department and Metro Nashville Fire Department partner with the Office of Family Safety to provide food for Davidson County residents experiencing interpersonal violence,” says an announcement on OFS’ website.
The drive is called “Feeding Hope.”
“The Office of Family Safety serves thousands of victims of domestic violence each year and we understand the importance of providing not only counseling but also food and necessities to those in need,” NFD Public Information Officer Joe Pleasant told The Tennessee Star Monday. “That’s why we are asking for support in donating nonperishable food items and hygiene items to locations around the city, including firehalls [sic] and police precincts, from October 2nd through the 23rd. We hope to fill OFS’ pantry so they can continue to help make a significant impact on the lives of families enduring difficult times.”
OFS is soliciting what it calls “food bags,” each bag containing ingredients to make one meal.
For example, one food bag is for taco night, and OFS is asking for chicken, taco shells, rice, corn, beans, salsa and taco seasoning.
Along with other food bags, OFS is asking for female hygiene products, and any other food donations the public is willing to make, especially evergreen items like peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, pasta and sauce and canned goods.
There are several drop off locations for the items.
For MNPD, those locations are:
- Madison Precinct, 400 Myatt Drive
- North Precinct, 2231 26th Avenue North
- South Precinct, 5101 Harding Place
- SouthEast Complex, 1417 Murfeesboro Pike
- East Precinct, 936 E. Trinity Lane
- West Precinct, 5500 Charlotte Pike
- Hermitage Precinct, 3701 James Kay Lane
- Midtown Hills Precinct, 1441 12th Avenue South
- Police Headquarters, 600 Murfreesboro Pike
For NFD, those locations are:
- Fire Station 14: 1600 Holly Street
- Fire Station 28: 2394 Lebanon Road
- Fire Station 32: 4248 Andrew Jackson Parkway
- Fire Station 11: 1745 Dr. TB Todd Jr. Blvd
- Fire Station 21: 320 Joyner Avenue
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on X / Twitter.
