Build a Mountain Success
Food bank staff and volunteers congratulated themselves and each other on January 24 as the Build a Mountain Food Campaign for 2009 proved to be a remarkable success.
At the thank-you celebration at Farrell Hall in Perth Hugh Colton of Town and Country Chrysler, also a co-sponsor of the food campaign together with Lake 88.1, the staff announced that this year’s campaign will be huger than last year. The organizers plan to include two areas this year: Merrickville and Seeley’s Bay, increasing the total number of the community participants to 10.
The 2009 campaign gathered a total 20,090 lbs. of food which is comparable to a third of the entire amount of food collected from the city of Ottawa that year. According to Colton, the campaign was a “tremendous” success, and he wants to thank the people who supported it. Furthermore, Colton said that the communities that work together will stay together. He thanked each of those who made the campaign possible.
2009 was indeed full of success for Build a Mountain. Another successful endeavor of theirs was the Build a Mountain of Food Christmas Parade float which participated in parades in Perth, Carleton Place, and Smith Falls, winning the best overall entry in Smith Falls and Perth.
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