By Cathi Coppinger

Food banks need more donations around the holidays and anything you can donate is appreciated. But here are the ten things they need most:

1. Holiday foods. Like Stove Top stuffing, cranberry sauce and canned yams.
2. Canned vegetables. The low-sodium kind are best.
3. Mixed nuts. They’re kind of expensive, so not many people donate them.
4. Pasta. The whole grain kind is best.
5. Rice and beans. And things like couscous and quinoa are good, too.
6. Juice boxes. They like to have them around for kids, especially the kind that are 100 percent juice.
7. Canned tuna, canned chicken and canned salmon.
8. Cereal and oatmeal. So they can make something quick for breakfast.
9. Canned soup. Things like Dinty Moore beef stew are also good.
10. Cooking oil. Especially olive oil and canola oil.

Gift cards from local grocery stores and monetary donations are welcome, as well. Tis the season for giving.