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Month: September 2013

All Schools Food Drive Wednesday Night, October 9th

All Schools Food Drive Wednesday Night, October 9th

This Wednesday October 9th will be a hub of activity At the Whitehorse Food Bank. Volunteers from all the schools in Whitehorse will be collecting groceries door to door the evening of October 9th from 6 pm to 8 pm. This is an extremely important Food Drive for us. This year we are hoping that it will bring us enough food to get us through December. More youth then ever before are getting involved. We are hoping the students will…

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Whitehorse Food Bank Announces New Hours

Whitehorse Food Bank Announces New Hours

ANNOUNCING NEW HOURS FOR THE WHITEHORSE FOOD BANK! Beginning Saturday October 5th the Whitehorse Food Bank will be opening on Saturdays from 11am-3pm. We are excited to open our doors for volunteer opportunities for families and individuals. Peoples work and lives often prevent access to being a team member the food bank. Let us know if this sounds like you, come be part of making a difference. We will also be there to accept donations while you are out doing…

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This year’s research farm harvest serves a double purpose

This year’s research farm harvest serves a double purpose

Fifty kilograms of sweet and tasty snap peas grown at the research farm near Whitehorse by Government of Yukon Agriculture branch staff have been donated to the Whitehorse Food Bank. “This is the third consecutive year that market garden vegetables grown at the research farm have been donated to the food bank,” Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent said. “The food bank’s Plant a Row, Grow a Row campaign is a natural outlet for these vegetables that were grown…

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