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Canada Post drives for Food Bank!
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Nov 25, 2011 / 5:00 am

Did you hear the one about the guy who came home from the supermarket and left his grocery bags on the front porch while he went to park his car? While he was gone, Canada Post came by and scooped the bags. His wife called later, laughing that he didn’t need the bacon anyways!

That was one of the best stories that came out of last year’s Canada Post Employee Food Drive. As they take to the streets, tomorrow, Saturday, November 26th for the 12th Annual Food Drive, there are sure to be some great ones coming back along with the thousands of pounds of non-perishable food items destined to help the Kelowna Food Bank meet their high demand this holiday season.

Canada Post employees, Shirley Spencor and Susan Dillabough, started working on organizing this year’s Food Drive back in mid-October. “Sue does a lot of the work, mapping out every route and area we cover,” says Spencor. “We put out over 41,000 flyers in every mail box throughout the Kelowna, West Kelowna and Rutland areas,” she adds.

Dillabough says, “This is totally a management and employees event. It involves letter carriers and inside workers, family and friends, all volunteering their time. Once the trucks start rolling, we are just out there having fun and giving back to the community.”

This year, fifty trucks, as well as some personal vehicles used by urban delivery services, and at least a hundred volunteers will take to the roads. About half of the trucks will be working across the lake in West Kelowna and eight trucks are scheduled to canvass the Rutland area.

Last year’s snowy weather was a factor, especially on the hills for a truck fleet that doesn’t sport chains. “We missed some things so we continued to pick stuff up when we went out on our regular routes the following week,” says Dillabough. “We are expecting better weather, this year, but we’ll still keep an eye out, next week, for any bags or boxes missed,” she adds.

“Last year, approximately $35,000 worth of food was collected for the Kelowna Food Bank alone, which is about 22 apple bins worth, as it was sorted when it came in to the Food Bank warehouse,” says Spencor, “and we sure hope to surpass those totals, this year.”

Spencor says, “There are a lot of working poor people who really need help now. A lot of them are families with children who are working on minimum wage and having a hard time making a go right now.”

“It is also interesting that a lot of those same people donate back to the Food Bank when they can,” says Dillabough.

Kelowna Community Food Bank Executive Director, Vonnie Lavers says, “This event could not happen without the generous support of our partners and volunteers. Much of the campaign is sponsored – from advertising, right through to receiving the food donations at the warehouse.”

“It’s good to get people involved in their own community,” Spencor says. “What gets collected on the west side stays there and what gets collected in Kelowna and Rutland comes to the Kelowna Food Bank to serve both these areas,” she adds.

“Some people tend to think poverty doesn’t affect them, but it does. It affects all of us. The Central Okanagan is blessed with so much prosperity. Now, more than ever, the Food Bank needs your help,” she says.

 

 

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

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Make a donation on Castanet (www.castanet.net) CAST-A-LIGHT Campaign from now until December 31st, 2011. (A tax receipt will be e-mailed to you for donations over $10).

 

Drop your CAST-A-LIGHT donation off at the Kelowna Community Food Bank at 1265 Ellis Street (Downtown Kelowna) between 9 AM and 4 PM, Monday-Friday.

 

Mail in your CAST-A-LIGHT donation to:

 

Kelowna Community Food Bank

1265 Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC

V1Y 1Z7

Phone: 250-763-7161

Fax: 250-763-9116


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Castanet.net has partnered with the Kelowna Community Food Bank to raise much needed funds, food, and toys for children and families in our community.

Our goal this year is to raise $50,000 with all funds going to programs at the Kelowna Community Food Bank.

Your donation to the fifth annual Cast-A-Light Campaign will provide a brighter future for those less fortunate in our community.
The Kelowna Community Food Bank will acknowledge all gifts to the Cast-A-Light Campaign. Tax receipts are mailed for donations in the amount of $10 or more with addresses provided.

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About the Food Bank

The Kelowna Community Food Bank is a self-supporting non-profit organization, raising food and funds through donations, special events, community food drives and local and national sponsors. The Food Bank is operated by a volunteer board of directors, 8 staff members and more than 100 volunteers who contribute over 20,000 hours annually, providing essential services including food collection, distribution and sorting, hamper preparation, client assistance and referrals, and special event planning and fundraising.

The Kelowna Community Food Bank was established in 1983 to provide short-term support to Kelowna families and individuals in need of temporary assistance. Since then the mission has grown to help alleviate chronic hunger and poverty in the Central Okanagan by providing our clients with a 5 to 7 day supply of healthy food on a monthly basis. Annually, we serve more than 30,000 persons including nearly 10,000 children, distributing over $2 million in food.

The Kelowna Food Bank is a member of The BC Association of Food Banks and the Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB).

1265 Ellis Street
Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z7

Phone: 250-763-7161
Fax: 250-763-9116
Email: info@kcfb.ca
http://www.kelownafoodbank.com/



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