Support the 24th Annual Mayor's Christmas Food Drive (with video)


Today is the official launch of the 24th Annual Mayor's Christmas Food Drive!

(UPDATE: View the Calgary Food Bank news release and fact sheet about the food drive.)

As we get closer to a season of giving, it is so important that we reflect on what we can do for our community and our neighbours. I hope that we can use the Christmas season to continue (or start) a tradition of giving in our families or workplaces to make Calgary a great place to live for all of us. Think of it as one of your 3 Things for Calgary.

Sadly, too many Calgarians need to use the emergency food. Last year, 136,000 of our fellow citizens needed to use the Emergency Food Hamper Program. However, if there is a silver lining with this statistic, it is that this is a seven per cent drop from the year before (source). One thing about the Food Bank is that it is always working hard to put itself out of business.

Mayor's Food Drive 2012
Your donation of food or funds will help Calgarians when they most need our support. Last year, we raised more than $450,000 worth of food and cash donations (with more than $7.5 million raised since the Mayor's Christmas Food Drive started in 1997).

Please join me in beating that amount this year. Together, we can ensure that no Calgarian--not a single one of our friends or neighbours--goes hungry. You can donate food at any of our partner locations or make a cash donation online.

If you are making a cash donation online, please select the "Mayor's Food Drive" option when filling out the forms.

Donation locations:
Thanks so much to all the partners who make this important annual program happen:

  • City of Calgary 
  • Safeway 
  • Calgary Motor Dealers Association 
  • Calgary Board of Education 
  • Calgary Separate School District 
  • Calgary and District Dental Society 
  • Federation of Calgary Communities 
  • CUPE Local 38 
  • Fluor 
  • Canstruction Jr. 
  • Calgary Science Network

PS: I'm also hoping many Torontonians are thinking about our food bank. They're likely to be donating to it after Sunday's 100th Grey Cup.

- Mayor Naheed Nenshi

(Photo courtesy Calgary Food Bank)
Posted by Mayor Naheed Nenshi at Friday, November 23, 2012
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