Swap meet collects 2,000 pounds of food for needy

The Costa Mesa swap meet collected more than 2,000 pounds of food for the needy during the holiday season this year.

Over the past four weekends, the $2 admission fee for the swap meet was waived for guests who brought in a canned or dried food item.

All of the food will go to South County Outreach, a nonprofit that distributes provisions to people who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.

Earlier this year the pantry shut down for several days when its food supplies ran out.

The food raised from the swap meet’s promotion will allow them to feed 22 families for a week, according to Shawna Herren, who coordinated the drive on the nonprofit’s behalf.

— Alan Blank