How to Use nonperishable in a Sentence

nonperishable

adjective
  • The run time is an hour, and the group is also collecting nonperishable food at the door for the SVdP food pantry.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Bring a nonperishable food item to help restock the shelves of the Evergreen Park Food Pantry.
    Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Canned goods and other nonperishable food items will be collected at the start of the event.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
  • The investment will allow the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to stock the pantry with fresh and nonperishable foods.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 15 June 2021
  • The stores have some nonperishable and frozen foods, too, for people who can’t travel to the few discount grocery stores left in the area.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 29 June 2020
  • Chung said people should try to stock up with a two-week supply of nonperishable food and water.
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Please bring a nonperishable food item for the Pewaukee Food Pantry.
    Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The event, which has been on a summer break, will include a look at Canstruction, sculptures made of nonperishable food items.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Store shelves have been stripped of essentials and nonperishable food items.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There is no fee to join the parade, but entrants are asked to make a donation of nonperishable food or money to the South Elgin Food Pantry.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
  • Those in need will be given boxes of nonperishable food items.
    Hunter Johnson, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Avoid the pre-storm blitz at the grocery store by stocking your pantry with nonperishable items, such as snack bars, cereal and shelf-stable milk.
    Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The event is free, but participants are asked to bring nonperishable foods to donate.
    Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2020
  • In just two days, the nonprofit club was able to collect just over 1,000 pounds of nonperishable food items for donation.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Campers are asked to bring nonperishable food items to benefit the San Diego Rescue Mission.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • Take a nonperishable food donation for a free skate rental.
    Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Drop off nonperishable food items at the contactless drive-through between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
    Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Those who wish to contribute to the food bank now have a local spot, located in the lobby, to donate nonperishable food.
    Susan Soldavin, baltimoresun.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • His wife and three children haven’t arrived yet, so Bloom has bought only nonperishable items.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The center also has displayed sculptures that are made of nonperishable food items as part of the Canstruction movement.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Just place your unexpired, nonperishable food donations in bags, and place the bags where they can be seen easily from the street.
    Tracy Trobridge, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • For the first two weekends, guests who bring nonperishable food, pet food or toiletries for the Quassy Cares program will get discounts off their all-day ride passes.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Parents drove up in their cars to collect backpacks full of nonperishable food, boxes of produce, and milk.
    Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2020
  • He was told the church could supply and deliver half a million dollars of nonperishable items.
    David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Think nonperishable goods, snacks, boxed meals, bottled water, juice, and bread.
    Sara Weinreb, Bon Appétit, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Donate nonperishable food items and water at the school's Forest Road entrance on Friday from 9 a.m. to noon.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 7 July 2022
  • Guests are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items for the annual food drive for the San Diego Rescue Mission.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Tucson Gospel Rescue Mission is in need of more turkeys, pies, and nonperishable food items.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The trees and decorations were among bags of nonperishable food, toys and other items being stored at the church for distribution to those in need.
    David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Dedicate a shelf to nonperishable groceries that can tide you over.
    David Pogue, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2021

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