Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative’s group of employee volunteers, NOVEC HELPS, is asking area residents to donate non-perishable food to the Operation Turkey drive to help provide Thanksgiving meals for low-income people in Prince William County.
NOVEC HELPS will accept non-perishable food donations through Nov. 13 at three offices. SERVE, a campus of Northern Virginia Family Service, and ACTS, Action in Community Through Service, will distribute the food to people who need assistance.
Anyone requiring a receipt must drop donated items at the SERVE or ACTS locations. Donna Snellings, NOVEC HELPS executive director, says, “One of NOVEC‘s guiding principles is to serve the community with more than electricity. Helping to feed the needy through Operation Turkey is one way NOVEC and its members serve others every November.”
Suggested Food Items Breads and muffin mixes, Bisquick, instant mashed potatoes, pasta, rice, boxed desserts, sugar, flour, evaporated milk, pie crusts, and canned meats, vegetables, cranberry sauce, fruits, pie filling, and gravy. Drop-off Locations
NOVEC Offices, 10323 Lomond Drive near Manassas
Wellington Branch Road in Gainesville
14500 Minnieville Road in Woodbridge, hours: 8:15 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
SERVE, Inc. 10056 Dean Drive in Manassas
ACTS 3900 Acts Lane in Dumfries
in VA 22026 NOVEC HELPS, Hands Engaged in Local Public Service, is a 501 (c) (3) organization. For more information, visit www.novechelps.org. NOVEC is a not-for-profit corporation that supplies and distributes electricity and provides energy-related services to more than 155,000 customers in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and Clarke counties, the City of Manassas Park, and the Town of Clifton, Va. It is one of the largest electric cooperatives of its kind in the nation. For more information, visit www.novec.com, call 703-335-0500, toll-free 1-888-335-0500, or send mail to P.O. Box 2710, Manassas, Va. 20108.
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