The Saratogian (Saratoga, NY)

Free car wash with food donation at Hoffman Car Wash

- Staff report

For the ninth consecutiv­e year, the staff at Hoffman Car Wash will be collecting food for local area food pantries. On Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25, Hoffman CarWashwil­l provide a free carwashwit­h a non-perishable food item donation.

Hoffman Car Wash has partnered with 14 different food pantries to bolster the pantries’ food supply for the upcoming Thanksgivi­ng rush. Each Hoffman Car Wash location will donate the collected items to a food pantry in its neighborho­od.

Items that aremost needed include the following: canned meat or fish, canned entrees (stew, ravioli, etc.), canned fruit in juice, canned spaghetti sauce, canned soup, hot or cold cereal, canned 100% juice and peanut butter and jelly.

To participat­e, individual­s simply need to donate one non-perishable food item at any Exterior or Full Service location.

Informatio­n regarding the free wash event is available online at hoffmancar­wash.com/food- drive.

The event is part of Hoffman Car Wash’s “Practice Kindness” initiative geared at spreading positivity and goodwill in the communitie­s it serves. In 2020, Hoffman Car Wash has supported Interfaith Partnershi­p for the Homeless (IPH), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), American Red Cross, and Muscular Dystrophy Associatio­n (MDA).

Hoffman Car Wash also hosted a free wash event for all first responders and hospital personnel on Sept. 11. Still upcoming this year is the Veteran’s Day event, which includes a free car wash for active and inactivemi­litary members and/or a $9.99Hoffman Jiffy Lube Signature Service Oil Change.

Hoffman Car Wash also supports many non-profits and youth organizati­ons through its Helping Hands Fundraisin­g program.

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