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Â鶹ÊÓƵern Plains Co-op's Blow Away Hunger attracts lots of donations

Initiative will support causes in different communities
Co-op Blow Away Hunger 2021
Rob Rooks, left, and Michelle Smart at the Blow Away Hunger food drive at the Â鶹ÊÓƵern Plains Co-op.

ESTEVAN - The results are in for the Blow Away Hunger food drive, which was held at the Â鶹ÊÓƵern Plains Co-op grocery store locations in Estevan, Carlyle and Oxbow on Dec. 9.  

Estevan customers purchased 100 food hampers and the Estevan Food store matched that total with hampers worth $10 each. The store received $2,885 in cash donated at the door that day, in addition to many household and other non perishable food donations. Estevan’s total was $5,030.  

All non-perishables and monetary donations will be directed towards the Estevan Salvation Army’s Food Bank.  

Carlyle customers purchased 162 food hampers and had cash donations of $406.20. The Carlyle Food Store also matched the first 100 hampers sold with the food hampers worth $10 each. 

The total for Carlyle was $3,501.20. The money for Carlyle will go to the Carlyle & District Food Bank.  

Oxbow customers purchased 44 bags in addition to cash donations totalling $500. The Oxbow Food Store donated 14 $10 dollar hampers as well, for a total of $1,355.  

Monetary donations from that location went to the Oxbow Emergency Support Fund and the food hampers and non-perishables were donated to the local food bank for the area, which is the Carnduff Food Bank. 

The grand total for all three Â鶹ÊÓƵern Plains food stores was $9,886.20 in food and cash donations. 

Golden West Broadcasting and staff partnered with the co-op for this event. They helped promote and volunteered their time at each location, assisting with collections and co-ordinating with the local food banks. 

 

 

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