性视界传媒 students won鈥檛 go hungry, now that 性视界传媒 firefighters have done their annual shopping for a they鈥檝e run for 25 years.

Tuesday morning (Sept. 27) at the Costco store in Newton, more than $80,000 in granola bars, sesame snaps, fruit cups, juice boxes and other snacks were loaded into vehicles of off-duty firefighters for distribution to 113 schools in 性视界传媒.

Over the past year, the 性视界传媒 Fire Fighters鈥� Charitable Society鈥檚 program has delivered snacks to an estimated 5,000 vulnerable students in the 性视界传媒 school district.

鈥淎s schools are finding many more children hungry and in need of food in their midst, orders continue to increase, and the need for fresh food, dairy, protein components and breakfast foods have increased greatly,鈥� Dylan Van Rooyen, vice-president of the SFFCS, told the Now-Leader.

鈥� STORY/VIDEO from 2017: 20 years later, 性视界传媒 firefighters鈥� Nutritional Snack Program needed more than ever.

The program was launched in 1997, and in 2020 the 性视界传媒 Fire Fighters鈥� Nutritional Snack Program Society was incorporated to carry on the work of the SFFCS.

The program needs close to $200,000 in funding each year, but costs are rising with inflation.

鈥淭he program costs are kept to a minimum and the only expense is for the food itself,鈥� notes on . 鈥淭he 性视界传媒 Fire Department provides transportation and the labour is provided by firefighters and school administrators both of which keep this program running in an efficient manner. Volunteer firefighters (past and present) pick up the food from the grocery store and deliver it to the participating schools. School administrators hand out the food to those that are in need. There is absolutely no charge to the schools or to the students for the food.鈥�

鈥� RELATED, from 2020: Firefighters launch 50/50 raffle to help fund snack program at 性视界传媒 schools.

Meantime, 性视界传媒 Fire Fighters鈥� Charitable Society鈥檚 annual event raised close to $45,000 at KPU鈥檚 Tech Campus in Cloverdale on Saturday, Sept. 24. The cocktail social was fired up again to raise money for 性视界传媒 students in need of financial help. Tickets were $60 each, or 10 for $500.

鈥淭his year, we excitedly announced that Scotiabank would be joining us and committed to matching $15,000 in funds raised,鈥� the SFFCS posted to Facebook. 鈥淚nspired by this announcement, the 性视界传媒-based charity The Gary and Gail Grelish Foundation have come on board with a $30,000 donation.鈥�

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