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The Ela Soccer Club is holding a food drive for the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. The food drive will take place from now until Oct. 23. Food can be dropped off at the Ela Town Hall from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Oct. 17-21, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23. Items needed include cereal, canned fruit, jelly, pasta, flour, sugar, toiletries, and one-pound bags of rice or beans.

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