The team who publishes The 1019 Report and The 1510 West hosted back-to-back food drives in recent weeks — one in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region and one in the West Island and — and collected about 700 kilograms of non-perishable items.
An estimated 350 kilograms of food were collected on April 11 at events staged at McKibbin’s in Vaudreuil-Dorion and at Cardinal Brewery in Hudson, where donations were dropped off. The food benefitted Le Pont Bridging in Hudson, La Source d’Entraide in St. Lazare and L’Actuel in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
These agencies help a growing number of families and individuals make ends meet each month.
Another 350 kilograms of foodstuffs were collected March 28, outside McKibbin’s in Pointe Claire to benefit the West Island Mission.
“It was a great amount to kick off our spring season,” said Suzanne Scarrow, executive director of West Island Mission, which assists more than 500 households facing food insecurity — a number that has doubled in the last two years — with more than a third being seniors living below the poverty line.
An additional amount of about $3,000 also will be split among all four agencies.
Thank you to all who donated.