Almonte and Carleton Place
Wow … so blessed to have yet another great start to the Build a Mountain of Food Campaign!
For week one, we were in Almonte at Patrice’s Your Independent Grocer, and in Carleton Place at Mitchell’s Your Independent Grocer, FreshCo, and Giant Tiger.
Food donated and collected: 16,266 lbs.
Cash donated and collected $2,211.24.
7,500 pounds of donated food came from three grocery locations: Mitchell’s Your Independent Grocer and Giant Tiger in Carleton Place, and Patrice’s Your Independent Grocer in Almonte.
In addition, 1,090 lbs. of food came from Mitchell’s Your Independent Grocer’s Grand Opening, along with Build a Mountain of Food Campaigns put on by St. Mary’s Parish Girl’s Youth, and St. Gregory school, along with cash donations from these Build a Mountain Campaigns totalling $709.12.
Thank you to our four grocery locations for supporting Build a Mountain of Food in Carleton Place and Almonte again this year: Patrice’s Your Independent Grocer in Almonte, Mitchell’s Your Independent Grocer, FreshCo, and Giant Tiger in Carleton Place.
Thanks to St. Mary’s Parish Girls Youth and St. Gregory’s school for the Build a Mountain of Food Campaign donations they organized.
Thanks to Starbuck’s for supplying coffee to the Lanark County Food Bank volunteers and board members for the day, and thanks to Waterfall Catering for supplying their van for the day to pick up the boxes of food collected and for delivery to the Lanark County Food Bank.
And a big thank you to Karin Nakamura and all the volunteers and board members who came out to support the 2015 Build a Mountain of Food Campaign as we kicked off week number one in Carleton Place and Almonte.
And finally, we would all like to thank the residents Carleton Place, Almonte, and surrounding areas, who donated food and cash throughout the day, in support of the Lanark County Food Bank.
Thank you all so much!
We hope to see you in Perth and Lanark as we get ready for week two!