Admin Section Food Bank Events: Truro's radio stations Posted by administrator on 2011-07-22 09:10:21 EDT On July 20th, 2011, Truro's radio stations, Cat Country 99.5 and Big Dog 100.9 ran the following story on the increasing demand on our food bank: The assistant coordinator at the Colchester Food Bank says it's hard to keep food on the shelves right now. Darlene Dubreill says food is going out to clients as quickly as it comes in. The summer months have always been traditionally low-donation months because of vacations and schools being out, but the need for the food bank just keeps increasing. Last month, the Colchester Food Bank gave out 812 boxes of food -- fifteen of those to people who had never used the Food Bank before. It totaled over 32,000 pounds of food. But, the Food Bank only received roughly 19-thousand pounds in donations. Dubreill says the Food Bank is running short right now on some of its staples: soup, canned milk, juice, canned beans, canned fruit, margarine, tea, pasta, pasta sauce, canned meat, sugar and cereal. Financial donations, as always, are needed and appreciated as well. tell a friend :: comments 0 General: Big thanks to the gang at Sobeys Posted by administrator on 2011-07-22 09:08:52 EDT Big thanks to the gang at Sobeys on Robie St. for donating $207.00 from their June 30th Corn Boil, and to the crew at the Truro Staples store for donating their July 10th carnival proceeds - $610.00! Right now the Food Bank is selling tickets on an awesome Dutch Mason Blues Festival weekend pass package which includes artist meet and great and t-shirts. Tickets are available at the Food Bank, and are $2 each, or 3 for $5! All proceeds go to the Colchester Food Bank. tell a friend :: comments 0 Food Bank Events: More than $1,200 was raised Posted by administrator on 2011-07-22 09:04:44 EDT More than $1,200 was raised for the Colchester Food Bank in June when two yard sales – one at the Food Bank parking lot and another held by the Colchester Regional Development Agency in Truro. Thanks to CORDA and all the volunteers involved in both events. read more... tell a friend :: comments 0