Wednesday, June 08, 2016
City of London
London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive reaches milestone twenty years
The London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive begins its 20th year of collecting food donations for the London Food Bank this Friday, June 10. Londoners have been incredibly generous over the last nineteen years, donating 1,237,584 pounds of non-perishable donations to Canada’s longest running and most unique food drive.
Participation in the London Cares Curb Hunger Food Drive is easy. Londoners have three choices. Between June 10-18, Londoners can buy a few extra non-perishable food donations and leave them at their neighbourhood grocery store, bring items to their local fire station, or they can place their donations in a bag tied with a ribbon and set-out beside their Blue Box in the morning of their recycling day. The City’s recycling contractor Miller Waste and volunteer crews will collect the donations from the curb.
“The need for food donations continues grow each year. The 300 families a month we helped in 1986, nearly 30 years ago - has grown tenfold to an average of 3,467 families per month in 2016,” said Jane Roy, Co-Executive Director of the London Food Bank. “Every pound of food is more important than ever.”
About 61,000 pounds of food donations were delivered to the London Food Bank in 2015 from curbside collection, corporate donations and grocery stores donation bins.
All food collected by the Food Drive is donated to the London Food Bank. This is a necessary service for those who need a helping hand to get through difficult periods of their lives.
Collection Schedule
Grocery stores and Fire Stations – any time during business hours June 10th through 18th.
Curbside Collection
| | Friday, June 10 | Zone E | | Monday, June 13 | Zone F | | Tuesday, June 14 | Zone A | | Wednesday, June 15 | Zone B | | Thursday, June 16 | Zone C | | Friday, June 17 | Zone D | | Saturday, June 18 | Donations still accepted at Fire Stations and local grocery stores |
The City of London thanks the following partners for their support and generosity to the London Cares Curbside Food Drive:
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
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