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Georgetown snaps Oakville jinx and now take on Stouffville Spirit PAGE 12 RAIDERS ADVANCE HOME, LAWN & GARDEN Spring is here and so are some tips to spruce up your home 8 PAGES www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 32 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Bread Basket's shelves are getting bare By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer While they're not yet empty, there are lots of bare spots on the shelves at Georgetown Bread Basket. With the number of people using the food bank on the rise, Terri Mosher, chair of Georgetown Bread Basket, said they are down on several food items and are hoping the community will come through with donations. Mosher said there has been an 11 per cent increase, compared to 2011, in the number of people (approximately 400 adults) using the food bank, and a six per cent increase in the number of families (approximately 200) who rely on it. Each month the food bank gives out about 12,500 lbs. of food, or approximately 150,000 lbs. each year, said Mosher. During the food bank's main food drive in November, 40,000 to 50,000 lbs. of food is collected and food donations go up at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter, but there are times when the supply on the shelves get quite low. "Hunger doesn't take a vacation," said Mosher. "The community is very generous during the Scout/Guide Food Drive (November) and Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we do see some gaps, and with the current unemployment situation we do need to fill an 11 per cent increase, compared to last year, of people some of these gaps sooner rather than later." using the food bank. See CEREALS, pg. 3 Photo by Ted Brown Terri Mosher, of the Georgetown Bread Basket food bank, surveys the shelves, which are getting quite low on food donations for this time of the year. She says there has been Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m <RXU $ZDUG :LQQLQJ 'HDOHU $&+,//(6 0$='$ 2I 0LOWRQ 6WHHOHV $YH (DVW 0LOWRQ 21 /7 ; · your window & door professionals · *UHDW 6HOHFWLRQ ZZZDFKLOOHVPD]GDFD LQIR#DFKLOOHVPD]GDFD 3KRQH 3KRQH 7ROO IUHH )D[ Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 18 times · 6HUYLQJ +DOWRQ +LOOV 6LQFH 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca