Monday, June 15, 2015
City of London
The 19th Annual London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive Ends on High note
The London Food Bank now has 56,700 lbs of additional food on its shelves thanks to the generosity of Londoners who participated in the 19th Annual London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive.
“I would like to thank Londoners for their generosity over this past week supporting the 19th annual London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive,” said Mayor Matt Brown. “London is a compassionate community and Londoners have come together, time and again, to help those who need it the most.”
Similar to 2014, the London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive struggled with low donations at the beginning of the drive but thanks to Londoners donating at the curb, at the grocery stores and at Tim Horton’s locations, the annual food drive finished strong.
“With ever increasing awareness in the last three days of the drive, we knew Londoners would donate in significant numbers. The fact we have well exceeded last year’s total only confirms, once again, that this is a generous city that responds when asked,” said Glen Pearson, co-executive Director at the London Food Bank. “Our special thanks go to the City of London, all the partners, the grocery stores, and Tim Horton’s. Thank you London for caring for your own and for boosting our spirits in the process."
After 19 years, the running total for one of Canada's most unique food drives has now passed the 1.2 million lbs mark.
“We encouraged Londoners to give what they could during this food drive and we are very grateful for every donation — large or small — that came in,” said Jay Stanford, Director, Environment, Fleet and Solid Waste. “Every pound of food donation matters.”
Media Contacts:
Jane Roy or Glen Pearson
London Food Bank
519 859-6582
Jay Stanford
Director, Environment, Fleet & Solid Waste
City of London
519 661-2500 ext 5411
jstanfor@london.ca
The London Food Bank and City of London extend a big thank you to the following corporate and media partners for their thoughtful support and generosity to the London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive:
Corporate Partners:
Allstate Insurance
Amway
Budweiser Gardens
Child & Youth Network
Christian Churches Network of London
Covent Garden Market
Enterprise
Express Employment Professionals
Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes
Habitat For Humanity
IBM
Labatt Breweries
Joe Kool’s
London Food Bank
Miller Waste Systems
2cg Consulting
Sifton Properties
Tbk Creative
Tim Horton’s
TRY Recycling Inc.
When is Garbage Day.Com
Your Neighbourhood Grocery Store
Media Partners:
AM980
BX93
County 104 FM
CTV
FM96
Funny1410
Free98.1 FM
Fresh Radio103.1
102.3Jack FM
1290CJBK
Our London
Londoner
Rogers TV
Scene
The London Free Press
Virgin Radio97.5 FM
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