Goodfellows will be holding its annual Tag Day on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21-22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The annual tag day sale raises money for the Goodfellows Christmas baskets that are delivered each year to hundreds of local families in need.

Last year Goodfellows volunteers delivered 890 baskets of food. These baskets went to 2417 individuals and included 805 hams, 1207 dozen eggs, 464 gallons of milk, 809 jars of grape jelly, 3354 boxes of macaroni and cheese, 975 boxes of tuna helper, over 8000 donated cans of food, almost 900 jars of peanut butter, and almost 900 pounds of margarine.

Items such as bread, soup, potatoes, spaghetti and sauce, and fresh fruit were also a part of the baskets.

Students from both Kewanee and Wethersfield, as well as other organizations helped in the food collection, basket creation and delivery.

In addition, the Goodfellows organization purchases some of the food items, with the cost of that food totaling over $30,000.

The goal of Goodfellows is that no one in Kewanee or Neponset go hungry at Christmastime. Goodfellows is an all-volunteer, 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization and 100 percent of the money donated is used to purchase food. Donations are tax deductible.

Volunteers for the tag sale will be out in force this weekend at Walmart, Save-a-lot, Walgreens, Sullivan Foods and other locations. The organization is asking residents to be on the lookout for the students from K Kids, Builder’s Club and Key club and donate to the worthy cause.