‘Tis the season for food drives

Sometimes it pays to give. Three local food drives are offering incentives to encourage people to donate canned goods to help feed the hungry.

Guitar Center is sponsoring a nationwide food drive through November 15, with the Overland Park store (6700 W. 119th Street) and the Independence store (3911 Bolger Road) participating locally. Customers get a 10 percent-off coupon in exchange for donating a nonperishable item in a benefit for Harvesters.

If you want to go see the Andy Warhol exhibit at Union Station, bring a can of soup for a $4 discount on Tuesdays and Wednesdays or a $2 discount on Thursdays through Sundays. Paying with cans? It’s an idea that Warhol would have liked. The food drive promotion runs through November 25.

Finally, you can turn three cans of food into a free medium cup of coffee at this Thursday’s opening of Dunkin’ Donuts in Overland Park (7720 W. 151st Street). George Brett is scheduled to be on hand for the grand opening and to kick off the “Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee for Cans” promotion to benefit Harvesters. A 53-foot trailer remains on site until Friday, so let’s try and fill it.   

[Image courtesy of Guitar Center]