Food drive ongoing at UPS Stores

Local UPS Stores at Inverness Plaza and The Village at Lee Branch are teaming with Divine Faith Missionary Baptist Church to sponsor a food drive dubbed “Meals for Marks Village.” Donations of canned and non-perishable food items received between now and November 21 – the day before Thanksgiving – will be delivered to Divine Faith and distributed to needy families in Marks Village housing in the Gate City community of Birmingham.

Jeff Fabian, who co-owns the stores with his wife, Myra, founded the drive. He said his goal is to collect and distribute 1,000 meals – approximately 1,300 pounds of food – by Thanksgiving.

Food donations can be dropped off at either UPS Store location from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, contact the Inverness store at 991-9999 or the Lee Branch store at 408-9399. For more information about Divine Faith Missionary Baptist, visit divinefaithmbc.org.