(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – Over December 6th and December 13th, 2014 members of the Bruce Peninsula OPP Auxiliary Unit braved the cold weather to accept food donations at four grocery stores (two in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula and two in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula).
Donations collected at Lion’s Head Foodland and Tobermory Foodland account for an estimated value of 700 lbs of food. Where donations collected from Wiarton Foodland and Sauble Beach Valu-Mart accounted for 1200 lbs of food. A total of 1900lbs of food was collected to support families on the Bruce Peninsula.
Notably, all food donations will stay local to the communities in which they were provided.
For information about the OPP Auxiliary program and hiring, contact A/Sergeant Nigel Heels at 519-534-1323 or go to www.opp.ca