Build a Mountain of Food Kicks Of November 8th 2014!!!
Saturday November 8th
Carleton Place: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Steve's Your Independent Grocer, Freshco and Giant Tiger
Almonte: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Patrice's Your Independent Grocer
All donations to the Lanark County Food Bank
Update: Wow! As usual, Almonte and Carleton Place gave us a fantastic start to the Build a Mountain of Food campaign! The generosity of our grocery partners, amazing volunteers, and everyone who donated helped us kick off the campaign in a most positive way! All together, we collected 17,353 lbs. of food, and $3,318.36 in cash! Thanks so much!!
Saturday November 15th
Perth: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Brownlee's Metro, Barnabe's Your Independent Grocer,
Foodsmiths, and Giant Tiger, in support of the Perth Good Food Bank
Lanark: 9:00 AM until Noon
Lanark Highlands Thrift Store, in support of the Lanark Highlands Food Pantry.
Update: What a day! Following our great start in Almonte and Carleton Place, Perth and Lanark really kept the ball rolling with an awesome day! So many great people came together to make this happen, and you can all be really proud! In Lanark, we collected 2,185 lbs. of food, and $4,357.92 in cash donations. In Perth, a whopping 33,966 lbs. of food, and $9,085.82 in cash!! Thank you all so much!
Saturday November 22nd
Smiths Falls: 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Andress' Your Independent Grocer, Food Basics, Giant Tiger and Garden Market, in support of the Smiths Falls & District Community Food Bank.
Update: Way to go Smiths Falls!! Another record-breaking day for Build a Mountain of Food, and it's thanks to you, Smiths Falls! We were blown away by the generosity of our grocery store partners this year, and by all of those of you who came by and helped out by giving us your food and cash donations. Check this out: 53,984 lbs. of food, and $9,369.92 in cash donations!! So proud of our community, and our volunteers! Amazing!! Looking forward to next week in Westport and Elgin. Thank you all again so much!
Saturday November 29th
Westport: 9:00 AM until Noon
Kudrinko's, in support of the Westport Food Bank
Elgin: 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Gordanier Fresh Mart, in support of the Elgin Food Bank.
Update: We continue to be overwhelmed by the amazing generosity shown to us by our volunteers, our grocery partners, and by you for your donations of time, money, and food! Another great week for Build a Mountain of Food! We collected 585 lbs. of food, and $6,319.32 in cash donations in Westport, and 765 lbs. of food and $6,483.92 in cash donations in Elgin! Looking forward to next week in Portland and Merrickville. Thank you all again so much!
Saturday December 6th
Portland: 9:00 AM until Noon
Portland Food Market, in support of the Portland Food Bank
Merrickville: 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Merrickville Food Market, in support of the Merrickville Lions Club Christmas Food Hamper Campaign.
Update: Another week, another record broken! Portland and Merrickville really came through, and the folks from Portland were AMAZING! We've never seen the van that full! Thanks to everyone involved, we collected 2,035 lbs. of food and 3,629.57 in cash donations in Portland, and then in Merrickville, we collected 819 lbs. of food and $426.97 in cash donations. Thank you all, and see you next week in Athens and Delta!
Saturday December 13th
Athens: 9:00 AM until Noon
Freshmart, in support of the Athens Food Bank
Delta: 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
Delta Country Market, in support of the Delta Food Bank
Update: What a way to wrap up a successful Build a Mountain of Food Campaign for 2014! Athens and Delta came through once again with 1,161 lbs. of food and 3,871.13 in cash donations in Athens, and then in Delta, we collected 660 lbs. of food and $2,632.92 in cash donations. We can't say thank you enough to all of you for making this happen ... we did this together!!
All in all, we've collected 124,903 lbs. of food, and $51,118.85 in cash donations, with more to come! Wow!! Thank you all again!