It’s time for the 11th annual food drive put on by the Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling organization.
On Soundingboard, General Manager Vince Cascone says they’re shooting for over 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food goods, prefereably in cans.
Cascone says the reason for that is weather and animal issues.
This food drive is different in that you leave your donation in a plastic bag beside your blue box on your collection day over the next two weeks.
The drive starts tomorrow.
Cascone says his crews will pick up the donations during their daily routes in the areas they serve.
He says over the past decade over 26-metric tonnes of food has been collected, thanks to the generous donations of residents.
The foods are then transported to the Salvation Army facility in Wiarton at the end of each collection week.
In Wiarton volunteers sort out the food and it is distributed to the various food banks in the areas that Bruce Recycling serves.
