There are a staggering amount of charities Torontonians participate in every year that help people around the world. The CityTV Fall Food Drive raises much needed items for the Daily Bread Food Bank, which is one of those charities that helps those less fortunate right here in the GTA.
Citytv launched its Fall Food Drive Tuesday, October 5th at the Loblaws at 380 The East Mall in Etobicoke. They will be there all day beginning at 5am until 6:30pm. They are there to help raise $400,000 amd 400,ooo pounds of food over the next week and a half. Last year there were nearly 800,000 client visits at Daily Bread and its 170 member agencies –36 per cent of those clients are children.
Here’s a list of some of the non-perishable foods Daily Bread needs:
• Stew and soup
• Peanut butter
• Dried lentils and black beans
• Canned fish or meat
• Rice
• Pasta
• Canned fruit and vegetable
• Baby food and formula
• Tomato sauce
Daily Bread is also asking for cash donations.
If you can’t make it out to the Citytv Fall Food Drive in person, you can always make a donation to Daily Bread online here, on the phone by calling 416-203-0050.
Citytv Fall Food Drive: Where and When in Etobicoke…
| WHERE: | Loblaws, 380 The East Mall, Etobicoke, ON M9B 6L5 |
| WHEN: | Wednesday, October 6 2011. 5:30am – 6pm |
| WEBSITE: | www.dailybread.ca |
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