North Bay, ON – Oct. 13, 2023 – North Bay Fire & Emergency Services (NBFES) is asking for public support as it teams up with Parkers Your Independent Grocer and Sobey’s to help the North Bay Food Bank.
NBFES will be on site at both Parkers on Laurentian Avenue and Sobey’s on Algonquin Avenue this week hoping to ‘fill a fire truck’ with donations for the Food Bank of non-perishable food items and personal hygiene items.
Donations will be collected at Parkers on Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., and at Sobey’s on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Most needed items:
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Canned fruit |
Canned vegetables
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Canned pasta |
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Canned beans |
Canned juice
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Cereal
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Oatmeal |
Canned meat
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Boxed macaroni & cheese |
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Pasta
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Pasta Sauce |
Boxed snack crackers |
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Peanut butter |
Canned soup
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Canned tomatoes |
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Milk powder
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Rice
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Coffee & tea
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Sugar & non-sugar sweetener
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Flour
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Ensure |
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Peanut-free lunch snacks for kids |
Kids drink boxes |
Large sized baby diapers |
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Shampoo, soap, toothbrushes & toothpaste
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Feminine hygiene products |
Grocery bags – plastic and cloth bags are gladly accepted
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The North Bay Food Bank also supplies personal hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products to our clients.