PHOTO GALLERY: Volunteers collect donations for The Food Bank

Pete Martin, left, and fellow volunteers unload cans of soup at the fifth annual food drive for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri on Tuesday at the intersection of Broadway and Providence Road. The Food Bank hopes to collect enough food and donations to provide 15 million meals for people in need.   |  Harry Katz

John Vinson pets his dog, Doc, while the 4 year-old Shar Pei-Pug mix stands on a vintage firetruck at the fifth annual Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri food drive Tuesday at the intersection of Broadway and Providence Road.   |  Harry Katz

Columbia firefighter Tony Hikam, right, loads barrels of donated food during The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri's fifth annual food drive Tuesday on the corner of Broadway and Providence Road. The drive exceeded expectations in both monetary and food donations.   |  Harry Katz

Scott Kennison, a volunteer for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, weighs a barrel of donated food at the food bank's fifth annual food drive Tuesday on the corner of Broadway and Providence Road.   |  Harry Katz/Missourian

Dan Waltman, left, and Craig O'Keefe collect donations during The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri's fifth annual food drive Tuesday on the corner of Broadway and Providence Road. This is Waltman's fourth year of dressing as Santa Claus for the food drive.   |  Harry Katz

Peggy Kirkpatrick, executive director of The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, holds a sign while sitting in the bucket of a Columbia Fire Department ladder truck during the fifth annual food drive Tuesday on the corner of Broadway and Providence Road. Fitzpatrick stayed in the bucket over Providence Road until the Food Bank reached its $5,000 fundraising goal.   |  Harry Katz

Columbia firefighters Tony Hikam, left, and Steve Forest hold the American flag as the fire truck ladder lowers during The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri's fifth annual food drive Tuesday at the corner of Broadway and Providence Road.   |  Harry Katz/Missourian