RAISING A GENERATION OF KINDNESS!
Six students and two teachers from Our Lady of Lourdes school braved the winter weather on Tuesday, February 24th, 2022 to volunteer with the Food Bank stacking shelves and packing hampers. Together they filled 85 hampers!!! A huge thank you to Emma, Stephanie, Dominic, Nick, Chase, Laura, Vince, & Nadia
Purolator Red bag program
On Saturday, December 11th, despite very inclement weather, The Purolator Team, supported by Local Volunteers, collected the Purolator Red Bags. The Team collected an amazing 6,000 pounds or 3 tonnes of food product. The cash value of this collection is approximately $12,000.00.
As this was the first time that Purolator has hosted this in our community we are amazed at the generosity of our city. The event started because one of our resident’s, Bruce Panagapko, asked the Purolator driver, if they supported our local food bank. That simple ask resulted in a follow up in the Sudbury Office and then to the Head Office. The Food Bank was contacted and advised of the Red Bag program and how Purolator would like to conduct the program in Elliot Lake. The final step was an amazing response from our Community.
As this was the first time that Purolator has hosted this in our community we are amazed at the generosity of our city. The event started because one of our resident’s, Bruce Panagapko, asked the Purolator driver, if they supported our local food bank. That simple ask resulted in a follow up in the Sudbury Office and then to the Head Office. The Food Bank was contacted and advised of the Red Bag program and how Purolator would like to conduct the program in Elliot Lake. The final step was an amazing response from our Community.
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When you realize that there were two fund raising events for the food bank, one week apart, the Food Bank received between cash and food product over $23.400.00 of support. This is a tremendous boost to our Food Bank.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend our sincerest Thank You and Gratitude to Bruce Panagapko, Purolator, the Fire Fighters and especially to the Residents of Elliot Lake.
We send our warmest wishes to All for a Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year.
Len Kutchaw
President and the Board of Directors
Elliot Lake Emergency Food Bank
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend our sincerest Thank You and Gratitude to Bruce Panagapko, Purolator, the Fire Fighters and especially to the Residents of Elliot Lake.
We send our warmest wishes to All for a Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year.
Len Kutchaw
President and the Board of Directors
Elliot Lake Emergency Food Bank
we scare hunger!
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