Can Londoners raise 325,001 pounds of food?
CBC News | Posted: December 21, 2017 11:28 PM | Last Updated: December 21, 2017
The Business Cares Food Drive tallies up their donations Friday.
The goal of the Business Cares Food Drive is simple: to raise one more pound of food than they did the year before.
That means they're hoping to count exactly 325,001 pounds of food on December 22.
At last count, Dunn said they'd raised about 70 per cent of their goal, and are hoping that more cheques will come in by Friday morning.
"I'm quite confident and hopeful that we are gonna be there," said co-chair Wayne Dunn, who said their donations ultimately increase by about 4-5 per cent every year.
$1.75 = 1 pound of food
The 325,001 pound goal includes both physical and monetary donations, with $1.75 working out to about a pound of food.
"That actually allows us to buy nutritious food," said Dunn. "It truly is what's needed and it's an accurate measure of what they use."
Dunn has 10 five-tonne trucks ready to weigh and transport the food to the London Food Bank Friday morning.
He expects it will last until about mid-March.
"The Food Bank has 3,500 families coming up per month—it's an awful lot of food that's required over a few month period."
How to donate
There are a few ways:
- Online at businesscares.ca
- Bring a donation to the Business Cares Food Drive Dec. 22 between 8:00 and 9:30 a.m. - 1275 Hubrey Rd, London, ON
- Bring a donation marked for "Business Cares" to the London Food Bank - 926 Leathorne Street, London, ON