ESTEVAN - The results are in for the Blow Away Hunger food drive, which was held at the Southern 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 Southern 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.
