Cedar Grove Composting delivered a truck load of food, diapers and other essential items to the Maple Valley Food Bank on Nov. 14, following a company-wide employee food drive. The company hosted employee food drives at each of its locations and partnered with local food banks in those respective communities so that the food collected would stay local.

The Maple Valley Food Bank serves an average of 2,000 families per year, and approximately 40 percent of those served are children, according to a press release.

“We are grateful to this community where employees live and our company operates,” said Karen Dawson, Cedar Grove’s director of community relations,in the release. “Our employees were delighted to participate in this food drive and we hope that, in the colder, winter months ahead, these contributions provide some relief to local families in need.”