The Township of Esquimalt and its CUPE employees will be collecting food items from Esquimalt households as part of the Tenth Annual Esquimalt Christmas Food Drive.
The food drive will be held from Monday, December 7th to Friday, December18th, 2009, and will be in support of Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, a multi-service social service agency that provides emergency meals for individuals and families in Esquimalt.
To participate, place non-perishable food items in bags labelled “Food Drive” and place alongside your garbage cans on collection day for pick up.
Food items will be collected by refuse crews on normal pick-up days according to the following schedule:
- During the week of December 7 – 11, 2009 food bags will be gathered from the south side route (south of Old Esquimalt Road).
- During the week of December 14-18, 2009 food bags will be gathered from the north side route (north of Old Esquimalt Road).
Food donations will also be accepted at the Municipal Hall (1229 Esquimalt Road) or the Esquimalt Public Works Yard (601 Canteen Road) from December 7th to December 18th.
For more information, please contact:
Marie Letham, Office Administrator
Tel: 250-414-7108