The 13th annual Curves Food Drive – a community collections of non-perishable food and cash donations to benefit the local food bank – is under way.

Members who make a $30 donation or an equivalent donation of food are eligible to receive a Curves reusable food drive grocery bag. And, from April 4-17, Curves will waive the membership fee for new members who donate a bag of non-perishable food or make a minimum donation of $30.

“Our goal is to top the donation that we made last year,” said a Curves of Auburn staff member. “This is a great opportunity for the members of our Curves community to help strengthen the Auburn community, too. Everything that our members donate at our club will benefit local families in need.”

In addition to the food and monetary donations that each gym collects, Curves International is offering gyms the opportunity to win cash prizes for their local food banks. Prizes will be awarded to clubs with the most food collected, clubs who beat their 2010 donation level by the largest amount and to two randomly selected clubs drawn from all the clubs who enter the contest.

Curves clubs have donated more than 61 million pounds of food in the U.S. and Canada since 2004.

For more information about Curves of Auburn, located at 421 E. Main St., and the 2011 Curves Food Drive, contact a Curves of Auburn staff member at 253-887-8959 or auburnmaincurves@yahoo.com.

For more information about Curves, please visit www.curves.com.