Kawartha Food Share Collected 16,200 Pounds Of Food On Saturday, Documented Day On Twitter

Once again, the Peterborough community stepped up in a huge way on Saturday (June 3rd) for those in need, filling Kawartha Food Share bags with more than 16,000 pounds of food in their latest food drive.

Kawartha Food Share tweeted this thanks from their warehouse..

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much @Ptbo_Canada for all of your donations. Today we collected 16,200 lbs of food! #ptboproud pic.twitter.com/MHIpYRuQxf

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

Kawartha Food share also thanked all the volunteers that made this food drive so successful...

Thank you to all of our volunteer teams who helped make today's food drive such a success, we couldn't have done it without you!! pic.twitter.com/S7Lx0QYgOh

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

They also put out these tweets documenting the amazing amount of food donated and momentum from the day, showing the power of community to mobilize...

WOW!!!! pic.twitter.com/rrOiZQAQje

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

We've filled 31 watermelon bins and are still going strong!! We can not believe this!!! Thank you so much @Ptbo_Canada !!!! pic.twitter.com/QnH20FRUkk

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

Wow!!! 7 teams back in and we've already collected over 6 watermelon bins full of donations!!!! THANK YOU!!! pic.twitter.com/TJh8lky0m7

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

The donations are rolling in now!! Thank you so much to @PetesOHLhockey for lending a hand off loading the donations!! pic.twitter.com/eGo7zQPOd4

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

Our warehouse volunteer crew is all ready to help unload the incoming donations. We couldn't do it without them!! Thank you!! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5SLryqlwvh

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

Our volunteer teams have hit the road! Leave your brown bags outside & they will be around to collect them! thank you for your support ptbo! pic.twitter.com/apPOQSFzLb

— Kawartha Food Share (@Kaw_FoodShare) June 3, 2017

To learn more about Kawartha Food Share—which currently assists more than 8,100 men women and children every month through their member agencies—click here.

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