An unidentified Lions Club member told a community meeting in St. Mary's County that local food banks had been "sort of drained during this shutdown" and urged residents to return donated gifts and contribute supplies.

The speaker described the club's holiday gift-tag program at True Value Hardware in Leonardtown, saying patrons take tags from a tree and "they're all taken down immediately." The speaker asked anyone who had taken a tag to "call somebody from our club to go pick them up or come or make sure you deliver to us," adding that there were instructions on where to leave donations.

The speaker said the Lions Club regularly donates nonperishable items and highlighted a preference for hearty soup mix, noting the group believes "one can of this will feed a couple of people" because it is filling. "So, whatever you can do to resupply these food banks, we appreciate it," the speaker said.

The remarks also included personal remarks about the holidays and family: the speaker said he hosted six people for Thanksgiving, bought a 14-pound turkey and two pies, and that "we're still eating on the apple pie and the pumpkin pie" but that supplies were nearly gone. He also gave a brief family update: his son, now "just barely 2," was born premature and is "doing great."

The speaker closed by reminding attendees of a community reception for Santa scheduled "as of the sixteenth" and encouraged people to attend and take photos. No motion or formal board action was recorded during these remarks.

The appeal frames two parallel requests to residents: (1) return or deliver gifts taken from the Lions Club gift-tag tree at True Value in Leonardtown, and (2) donate food or other supplies to local food banks, which the speaker described as running low following a recent shutdown.