Lombard Ace Hardware, 837 S. Westmore-Meyers Road, is holding a food drive until Christmas to benefit the Lombard/Villa Park Food Pantry at First United Methodist Church in Lombard. Items requested are pasta and pasta sauce, canned meats (beef stew, chili, SpaghettiOs, etc.), hearty soups, rice, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix, syrup, canned fruits, canned beans, tuna and cereal. Donate three food items and receive a $5 coupon good through the end of the year. Pictured here are (left to right) Nicole Schroeder and Ryan Schroeder with a few of the collected items.