NORWICH – Susan Wood, owner of Thymely Treasures in downtown Norwich, is working together with Roots and Wings to gather food donations at her store during a time when the charitable organization is in dire need of items for local food pantries.

Wood began her second annual “Stock the Pantry Sale” for Roots and Wings two weeks ago. The idea, she explained, is to encourage local shoppers to bring in non-perishable food items to put in the shopping cart she has in her store. Anyone who adds to the cart can then draw a discount amount from a bowl, ranging from 15 to 50 percent off whatever they purchase that day.

Though food donations have been slower coming in this year than last when she gathered more than 100 pounds of food, Wood says she’s optimistic that she can have another cart full of food for local pantries before her sale ends on Saturday.