The Free Library is joining forces with Feeding America and Dreamworks Pictures in conjunction with the newly released Blu-Ray DVD of The Help, a film based on the bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett. Help alleviate hunger in the Philadelphia region by bringing canned goods to any one of the Free Library branches listed below, from now until Thursday, December 22. These donations will go to local food bank Philabundance, and your efforts will help this organization to continually provide meals to people in need. For more information on Philabundance, please visit http://www.philabundance.org/

Library branches where the food donation boxes are available include:

• Bustleton Branch
• Falls of Schuylkill Branch
• Independence Branch
• Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library
• Lillian Marrero Branch
• Logan Branch
• Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library
• Northeast Regional Branch
• Oak Lane Branch
• Overbrook Park Branch
• Roxborough Branch
• South Philadelphia Branch
• Wadsworth Branch
• Wyoming Branch

For those who would like to make monetary donations, please visit feedingamerica.org/thehelp. Make a gift today, and Dreamworks Pictures will match every dollar up to $10,000!

-Tracey R.