CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — How does a free car wash sound this weekend?

all you have do is bring one non-perishable food item to any Hoffman’s Car Wash and in return you’ll get an ultimate car wash from Hoffman’s.

This is the 12th consecutive year for the event and the 2nd time this year.

Area food pantries look forward to this event because it’s designed to help multiple pantries and not just one.

Kevin Zalaznik, marketing director for Hoffman’s:

“It’s happening at 25 locations, all across the Capital Region, up north in Queensbury and as far south as Kingston. And then you also have Oneonta, the Utica-Rome area and Binghamton.

So what’s great about it is the food pantry isn’t just going to one spot. We looked at specific food pantries in the neighborhoods where our car washes are in and that’s where the food is going to.”

Again, the free car wash for a food item will be taking place through tomorrow. Now if it ends up raining a lot and it impacts the turnout, then they’re going to access things early next week and they may re-do things the following weekend…. As they say their ultimate goal is to provide as much food as possible to the area pantries.