The Dauphin Co-op’s food drive this year was another success.
Through the generosity of the community Dauphin Food Bank volunteers picked up the donations to help fill 210 Christmas Hampers.
This year they collected 160 cans of corn, 160 cans of pork and beans, 320 cans of soup, more than 240 boxes of Kraft Dinner, more than 100 boxes of stove top stuffing, and 80 boxes of snack crackers.
Joan Chetyrbok is proud of all the donations that were gathered that can help families around Dauphin this time of year.
“We collected over 180 dollars at our Ladies Night, which was the first time we healed a ladies night at our food store. People were generous, plus they brought in quite a few items that night when they came out. A man came in with 200 dollars to make a donation to the food bank. He had said he just saves his change all year and he likes to donate to the Christmas Hampers every single year. so that was really generous.”
Robin Gambler, the Chairperson of the Dauphin and District Food Bank, was very grateful for the support from the Co-op for the hampers, "We are so grateful that Dauphin Co-op, where we order 90% of our food, did another Food Drive for us, selling different items at the till and it saved us a lot of money.”
A video showing off what they collected was posted on Facebook. To find the link click here.
