‘Heroes Against Hunger’ collecting food to help those in need

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – The Sioux City Police Department and Sioux City Fire Rescue are getting into a friendly competition to benefit a good cause.

The two departments are putting on “Community Can Jam,” and fundraiser to collect canned food to donate to the Siouxland Soup Kitchen.

Sioux City Fire Rescue took the ‘Heroes Against Hunger’ trophy last year for collecting the most cans, but the police department is looking to take the title this year.

“We always have friendly competitions,” said Sioux City Police Sgt. Tom Gill. “And usually when it’s like an athletic competition, it’s always the police department that wins. And this is more of a competition of cans of food, and we’ll probably win this one too.”

The Can Jam will run through the entire month of June.

Community members can drop off any non-expired canned items at any Sioux City Fire Station or the Police and Fire Headquarters at 601 Douglas Street.

Lieutenant John Nelsen, with Sioux City Fire Rescue, said people can also donate using the Venmo app.

“When they [donate] via Venmo, they can actually put in the comments, whether it’s police or fire, who it’s going for. And last year, fire, superseded the police by exponential amounts of money and even cans for that matter.”

Both departments say, regardless of the outcome, the big winner will be the community.

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