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Lunch Money Tuesday major fundraiser for Food for LifeContinued frgrown with help from local Rotary programs).board their morning trains.om page 18clubs and Kerr Street Ministries.Other sponsors include the MayVolunteers are needed for theand Community Relations, Whole It was incorporated in 2003. Court Club of Oakville, Civitanfundraiser that runs from 6-9 a.m.Foods Market Oakville.Today, it operates seven days a Club of Oakville, Halton HealthyTraining and materials are provid-It helps local non-profit organiza-week and picks up surplus and Community Fund, Oakville Toyota,ed, community service hourstions lessen the burden of budgets.near due date foods at grocery Paradiso Restaurant, Haltonawarded to students and adultAnd for those seniors who stores and restaurants.Region, Knights of Columbussupervisors present. Halton GOwould not get their scooter or It then delivers it to some 40 Oakville, GE Canada, Cuccistations involved include: Oakvillewalker to a central food bank loca-social service agencies and 25 out-Restaurant, Longos, and manyand Bronte, as well as Appleby,tion that readily, or a mom or dad reach programs. Many of those more.Burlington, Aldershot andwho can't quite smile as they outreach programs have been Food donors are protectedGeorgetown.review what they've packed in established at or, thanks to local through the 1994 OntarioFood for Life hopes to raisetheir child's lunch, the delivery churches, near housing co-ops.Donation of Food Act, but those$15,000.close to home of meats, a loaf of Deliveries are made through-who want to help can always do soAt days end, Food for Life fillsbread, cookies, milk, cheese or out Halton, Hamilton and through volunteering or donatinghungry tummies that would oth-fruit, is enough to make them Mississauga.monetarily.erwise go hungry, with food thatsmile.In 2008, it saw the birth of the While Tweedy said the Food forwould otherwise be wasted andAnd, of course, the receipt of a regional Refresh Foods program, a Life refrigerated truck is like theproudly claims its efforts arelobster, shrimp or other maritime food logistics and redistribution little Scout, he noted the newremoving enough food from land-fare for fish lovers like Steve, is a Charlotte Redekop-Youngprogram that collects surplus food Refresh Foods truck that is alwaysfill to equal the removal of 250reason to smile.from corporate food manufactur-unloaded by using a dolly, is likecars off the road.Food for Life began with Arthouse and many more.ers for redistribution to local food big Daddy for the corporate foodIn her 2010 annual report,Oakville resident George Bagaco Among the food donors are banks and social service agencies.manufacturers donations. ThatRedekop-Young proudly notedin 1995. He would stop at a bakery Cobs Bread, Metro, Hopedale Mall, Among Food for Life clients are new truck recently hit the road.that food distributed that year wason his way home from work and Oakville Italian Bakery, Starbucks, Forestview Church Without Walls, A major Food for Life fundrais-906,000 lbs. a 50 per centfill his trunk with baked goods, HOakville and Burlington, Little alton Womens Place, Home er, the third annual Lunch Moneyincrease over the previous year.which hed distribute to needy Caesars Pizza, Farmers Market, Suite Hope, Oak Park Moms and Tuesday, will be held May 31 inRedekop-Young, not one to restfamilies in his neighbourhood.Oakville Place, and more.Tots, Oakville Youth Development conjunction with National Hungeron her laurels, hopes to boostNo man, woman or child Centre, Oakwood Public School,Among the sponsors for the Awareness Day.donations from the corporate sec-should have to go hungry while community outreach programs Salvation Army, Oakville, Sexual Food for Life asks volunteers,tor.stores, restaurants and other food are the Halton United Ways Assault and Violence Interventions from service groups, individualsFor more information, visitsuppliers are tossing out good food (Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Services (SAVIS), Support and and families, to help by asking forwww.foodforlife.ca or contactinto our landfill, Bagaco was HHalton Hills) and ArcelorMittal ousing, Halton, St. Hildas donations of lunch money at theRedekop-Young at 905-510-5724quoted as saying.ChurchDofasco (Burlington Outreach , Kerr Seniors, Arts Halton GO stations as commutersor 905-635-1106.Over time, Food for Life has www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 15, 2011 20