Guelph Food Bank looks to reach its goal as Thanksgiving drive concludes – Guelph

The Guelph Meals Financial institution is working in the direction of its objective of receiving 90,000 kilos of meals in its annual Thanksgiving meals drive.

The meals financial institution is in search of donations of non-perishable meals gadgets, together with canned soups, vegetables and fruit, and meats.

Administrator Pauline Cripps mentioned the group is feeling excellent about this meals drive.

“It has been going nice,” she mentioned.

“The previous couple of meals drives we ran we truly noticed some declines, largely as a result of COVID and a whole lot of closures throughout the group. However this yr we’re actually glad to have the ability to report that two-thirds of the way in which into our meals drive we are literally two-thirds of the way in which to our objective.”

The meals financial institution units the report yearly as a result of it carries them by means of Christmas, based mostly on demand.

Cripps added that the initiative this yr has been pushed by the group and much more individuals are doing impartial meals drives, door-to-door pickups and driveway pickups.

She mentioned even kids have held their very own fundraisers.

Cripps mentioned the drive has obtained 61,238 kilos as of this previous Tuesday.

And though she notes the meals drive noticed lot of hesitancy final yr with reference to donations, it appears to have balanced out quite a bit this yr.

“There was a whole lot of hesitancy from the group’s standpoint of can COVID be transmitted from the meals? If I had been to donate a can of tuna and I’ve COVID, is it going to be on that may?”

Cripps mentioned the group may be reassured that the meals is staged lengthy sufficient of their warehouse so it doesn’t pose a well being threat earlier than being delivered.

The annual meals drive ends on Oct. 17, however the meals financial institution mentioned donations will nonetheless be accepted past that date.

She mentioned you may donate non-perishable gadgets at their warehouse at 100 Crimea St., inside any native grocery shops of their blue donation bins or at hearth halls.