600 Glengarry Boulevard residents show their generosity Communauté • Commun i ty
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
It took residents of a local apartment buil- ding only three days to collect 92 items for the Agapè Centre’s food bank. A 600 Glengarry Boulevard resident Vicky Farthing spearheaded the initiative. Farthing volunteers weekly at the centre providing help with administrative tasks. OnMay 7, she tried her hand at volunteer- ing at the food bank and was moved by the amount of food that is distributed each day and the lack of school snacks on the shelves for children. “I just saw that the food bank had a need for families and I put the call out,” she ex- pressed.The same day, Farthing put a notice for a food drive in the lobby of the apartment complex where she lives, asking for specific items. She dropped off on the donation three days later. “I’m overwhelmed by the response of people in my building,” she said. “Four of the women actually went out and specifi- cally shopped for this. It was beyond my expectations.” The collection filled two large containers, and included items like school snacks, juice boxes, cereal, peanut butter and canned
Vicky Farthing, resident of 600 Glengarry Boulevard, spearheaded an initiative to collect items for the Agapè Centre’s food bank. It took only three days for the residents of the apartment building to amass over 90 items. Pictured is Farthing.
veggies. “We’re so grateful for the generosity of people in our community, and for people
like Vicky who do something when they see a need,” said Johanne Gauthier, operations manager.
600 Glengarry Boulevard residents are helping to feedmore than 1000men, women and children, in Cornwall.
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