Arizona third-grader holds food drives to help in pandemic

Dylan Pfeifer sits on the corner of his neighborhood cul da sac in Chandler, Ariz., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Pfeifer received 555 cans and boxes and about $500 in monetary donations. (Erin Pfeifer via AP)

Dylan Pfeifer sits with all the donations he received during his first food drive at his home in Chandler, Ariz., in October 2020. Pfeifer received 316 cans and boxes of food. Each drive is the culmination of hours of work that involves drawing posters, going door-to-door to hand out flyers and working with his mother to post information on Facebook. (Erin Pfeifer via AP)

Dylan Pfeifer uses a lift to move a box filled with donated canned and boxed foods to his home in Chandler, Ariz., Saturday, April 3, 2021, to safely store the items until they are given to St. Mary's Food Bank. Pfeifer hosted his third food drive since October in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He collected about $450. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Nick, Evelyn, Erin and Dylan Pfeifer stand together near their home in Chandler, Ariz., holding a hand-drawn sign promoting a food drive on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Dylan Pfeifer hosted his third food drive since October in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s been hard to interact with people, especially now, so this provides a safe way to do that. I just wanted to provide him a way to make an impact,” Erin Pfeifer said. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Dylan Pfeifer watches as neighbors add bags of canned food to his collection box during a food drive on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Chandler, Ariz. Pfeifer hosted his third food drive since October in response to the coronavirus pandemic from his home in Chandler.He said he is planning his next one in June, when summer vacation begins. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Dylan Pfeifer, 8, tapes up flyers in his neighborhood in Chandler, Ariz. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. The flyers promoted his third food drive since October in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Phoenix resident Erin Pfeifer, 40, unloads boxes of bagged peas as her 8-year-old son, Dylan, places them into the boxes at St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix on Thursday, March 18, 2021. This was the second volunteer event Pfeifer and her son attended with the food bank. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Dylan Pfeifer carries bags of canned and boxed food donated to his food drive from his grandmother Janice McGrew on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Chandler, Ariz. Pfeifer hosted his third food drive since October in response to the coronavirus pandemic from his home. Each drive is the culmination of hours of work that involves drawing posters, going door-to-door to hand out flyers and working with his mother to post information on Facebook. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Dylan Pfeifer sits with his mother, Erin, in their neighborhood in Chandler, Ariz., as neighbors donate nonperishable foods and money during a food drive on Saturday, April 3, 2021. The food drive raised about $450. Dylan has hosted three drives from his home in Chandler, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Phoenix. He said he is planning his next one in June, when summer vacation begins. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)