7th Annual City-Wide Food Drive Supports the Calgary Food Bank


CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 23, 2011) - Calgary's largest annual food drive (and one of the largest in the world) happens tomorrow (Saturday, September 24th). Volunteers will be collecting food donations across Calgary between 10am and 12 noon. Join us at one of the mid-point collection locations to catch some of the 7,000 City-Wide Food Drive volunteers in action and watch the food donations rolling in!

What: A photo and interview opportunity as food is unloaded from volunteers' vehicles, moved to palettes, and then transferred to trucks headed for the Food Bank.

When: Saturday, September 24th at 11:30 A.M.

Where: Westbrook Mall Wal-Mart parking lot, 1212 - 37th St. SW

Who: City-Wide Food Drive planners and volunteers

Food Bank representatives

Deputy Mayor John Mar

To find the Annual City-Wide Food Drive on Social Media:

Facebook: http://on.fb.me/CalgaryFoodDrive

(or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgarys-Annual-City-Wide-Food-Drive/262300407133717)

Twitter: @YYCFoodDrive

This release is transmitted courtesy of Marketwire.

Contact Information:

Calgary Food Bank
Kathryn Sim
Cell: 403.519.2125
ksim@calgaryfoodbank.com