We'd like to raise a ton of food for the Friends in Need Foodbank this year, and we need your help. Bring your food donations into Photo Express foto source and each day you bring in food, you can enter to win an 8GB iPod Touch! As you know, this year more than ever donations are needed to help people in our community from going hungry.
There shouldn't be people in our community that are hungry. It is very difficult to think, to learn, to do the right thing, if you are hungry. 34% of their clients are children! Children need food to grow and to learn and to play. Their little bellies shouldn't be wondering when food will be available. They also have many seniors whose pensions just aren't lasting until the end of the month.
Photo Express is again a drop off location for food for the Friends in Need Foodbank. And to encourage you to bring in food everytime you come in or are in the area, you will receive an entry ticket each day that you bring in food from now until December 14th, 2009. What can you win? An 8GB iPod Touch from Photo Express! (To be drawn on December 15th, you don't have to be present to win.)
Any nonperishable food items are great. Make sure the food is unopened and hasn't expired. They are in extra need of canned fruit, kids recess snacks (granola bars, pudding cups, juice boxes), bottled water and Gatorade, and diabetic stuff as many of the elderly are diabetic.
And here is some info from the Food Bank
The Friends in Need FOOD BANK was founded in 1989 by two women in Pitt Meadows, who saw the need to assist the hungry in their community. Since that time, Friends has grown from a basement operation to a 3,200 sq ft warehouse in Maple Ridge, with a secondary distribution depot at the Grace Church in Pitt Meadows.
The food bank distributes to well over 600 families and singles in a month. As well it assists 7 community agencies to provide food and nourishment to those who are hungry. The food bank usually receives over 105,000 kilograms of food donations each year. These are donations from local groceries, bakeries, retailers and community members.
Any nonperishable food items are great. Make sure the food is unopened and hasn't expired. They are in extra need of canned fruit, kids recess snacks (granola bars, pudding cups, juice boxes), bottled water and Gatorade, and diabetic stuff as many of the elderly are diabetic.
Feel good knowing you are helping someone who needs a little extra help and you might even win a camera in the process. Thanks for your generosity! What you give out always comes back tenfold!
And here is some info from the Food Bank
The Friends in Need FOOD BANK was founded in 1989 by two women in Pitt Meadows, who saw the need to assist the hungry in their community. Since that time, Friends has grown from a basement operation to a 3,200 sq ft warehouse in Maple Ridge, with a secondary distribution depot at the Grace Church in Pitt Meadows.
The food bank distributes to well over 600 families and singles in a month. As well it assists 7 community agencies to provide food and nourishment to those who are hungry. The food bank usually receives over 105,000 kilograms of food donations each year. These are donations from local groceries, bakeries, retailers and community members.
Friends in Need are a member of the CAFB - BC Branch. It abides by their Code of Ethics and does not promote door to door or by telephone solicitation. We depend solely on the generosity of our community and its members. To donate or volunteer, please call (604) 466-FOOD (3663).
Instructor: Ashlee
