Ruby's Pantry, will be hosting a special free, no donations accepted, food distribution in partnership with Second Harvest Heartland at their Distribution Center located at 39404 Grand Avenue in North Branch this Friday, Aug. 24. The doors open at 4:30 p.m. and distribution begins at 5:00 P.M. and ending approximately at 7 p.m. unless food runs out earlier. Participants are asked to bring two large boxes to carry groceries to their cars.

Again, no donations are accepted for this special distribution. It is intended to be a "back to school" distributionto help families free up some funds for purchasing school clothes and school supplies for their children. There are no qualifications to receive the food except only one per household and you cannot pick up for someone else unless they have special circumstances and are pre-registered.

Approximately 80,000 pounds of food will be brought in for this distribution which equates to about $120,000.

Ruby's Pantry is a community outreach program of Home and Away Ministries,Inc. For more information please see their Web site at www.homeandawayministries.org, e-mail donations@rubyspantry.org or call (651) 674-2537.