Food drive taking place at five grocery stores in Peterborough County during June

Kawartha Food Share and MPP Dave Smith's county-wide food drive kicks off June 5 at Morello's Your Independent Grocer in Peterborough for North Kawartha Food Bank

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North Kawartha mayor Carolyn Amyotte (second from right) with Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith (middle) during a food drive for North Kawartha Food Bank held at Sayers Foods on November 28, 2020. A week later, Sayers Foods was destroyed by fire, leaving Apsley and North Kawartha Township with no local grocery store. As part of a county-wide food drive during June 2021, a food drive will be held at Morello's Your Independent Grocery in Peterborough for the North Kawartha Food Bank. (Photo: Dave Smith / Facebook)
North Kawartha mayor Carolyn Amyotte (second from right) with Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith (middle) during a food drive for North Kawartha Food Bank held at Sayers Foods on November 28, 2020. A week later, Sayers Foods was destroyed by fire, leaving Apsley and North Kawartha Township with no local grocery store. As part of a county-wide food drive during June 2021, a food drive will be held at Morello's Your Independent Grocery in Peterborough for the North Kawartha Food Bank. (Photo: Dave Smith / Facebook)

A food drive is taking place during June at five grocery stores across Peterborough County, supporting food banks in North Kawartha, Havelock, Bridgenorth, Lakefield. and Trent Lakes.

Ashlee Aiken, general manager of Kawartha Food Share, is organizing the food drive with the assistance of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, who also participated in last November’s county-wide food drive that raised almost $40,000 worth of food and cash donations.

“This year has been especially difficult for food banks as we have seen an increase in clients throughout the pandemic,” Aiken states in a media release. “Donations tend to decrease during the summer months, so we are excited at the opportunity to lend a hand and help ensure our agencies shelves are well stocked. We can’t thank MPP Dave Smith and his team enough for their continued support and assisting at each food drive again this go around.”

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The county-wide food drive kicks off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, June 4th at Morello’s Your Independent Grocer (400 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough) with a special drive for the North Kawartha Food Bank in Apsley. The residents of Apsley and North Kawartha Township lost their only local grocery store in December when a fire destroyed Sayers Foods.

“On behalf of Apsley and North Kawartha, I want to thank Morello’s Your Independent Grocer for hosting a special food drive to support our local food bank,” says North Kawartha Mayor Carolyn Amyotte. “Not having Sayers Foods to host our own food drive right now is very hard.”

The remaining dates and locations of the food drive are:

  • Saturday, June 5th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at John’s Valu-mart (871 Ward St., Bridgenorth)
  • Saturday, June 12th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Foodland Buckhorn (3329 Buckhorn Rd., Buckhorn)
  • Saturday, June 19th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Foodland Havelock (38 Ottawa St. W, Havelock)
  • Saturday, June 26th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Giant Tiger (2657 Lakefield Rd., Lakefield)

“Every opportunity to support our townships is an opportunity that can’t be passed up,” MPP Dave Smith says. “COVID-19 has placed tremendous stress on the support system in our rural communities. These food banks support many families and it is critical these supports remain strong.”

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