Tag: Food drive
Reader to Reader: January 11, 2025
Gratitude and thanks to the London community for helping raise an incredible 310,000 kilograms of food for the London Food Bank.
London agencies ask: Where have all the volunteers gone?
Pandemic curveballs, an aging cohort of steadfast helpers and a younger generation with specific needs. London organizations are facing challenges recruiting and retaining the volunteers they need.
Hospital’s food drive helps fight hunger
GODERICH – As the temperature dropped and snow began to fall, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital (AMGH) focused on community support with a special holiday food drive to assist the Goderich St. Vincent de Paul food bank. Recognizing the rising costs of necessities, staff at AMGH came together to donate essential items such as paper […]
Muslim youth group delivers 1,600 kg in donations to London Food Bank
Members of the local Muslim community delivered nearly 1,600 kilograms of food to the London Food Bank on Saturday, the culmination of more than a month of work by the group. The food was collected by the London branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association from participating grocery stores in the city, and from members […]
Record haul for Business Cares food drive: ‘Never ceases to amaze’
Londonâs Business Cares food drive closed its helping campaign on Thursday, setting a record for food and money collected
Iconic hotel’s collapsed roof totally gone as owner vows to rebuild
BAYFIELD â A steady flow of onlookers watched on in sadness Tuesday as an excavator worked to remove the final pieces of the collapsed roof of a landmark hotel that’s been forced closed for the foreseeable future. Main Street in front of the 1840s-built Albion Hotel remained closed as a precaution while workers removed all […]
One boy, 2,000-plus items collected for school’s food drive: ‘Makes me feel good’
A Grade 6 pupil from Woodstock is being hailed for his charitable efforts after collecting more than 2,000 items for his school’s Salvation Army food drive.