Calgary Food Bank Just a Bit Short

The Calgary Food Bank was looking to take back its place in the Guinness Book of World Records Saturday September 20, 2014, with a goal of 560,000 lbs of food collected in a single day, but fell just a wee bit short.

That said, thanks to the huge efforts of 7,000+ volunteers, the food bank’s shelves are stocked with 489,570 lbs more non-perishable items to help out Calgarians in need. While it would have been amazing to have reached world record status again this year, we did our best, and almost half a million lbs of food is an effort to be proud of. Fantastic Calgary!

The City-Wide Food Drive is the biggest the food bank puts on every year. Guinness Book of World Records status was achieved in 2008 when the drive brought in a haul of 511,102 lbs. One of the critical ingredients in a successful food drive is the volunteers. Without them drives like this one would not be possible so a big shout-out to ALL the volunteers who contributed their time, effort and energy…way to go, good on ya…much appreciated!

Who knows, maybe next year the city and all the wonderful volunteers will be up for the challenge again, after they’ve had some time to recover, that is!

In the meantime, it’s never too late to make a donation. The Calgary Food Bank accepts donations all year long and there’s more than one way to donate. Learn more at www.calgaryfoodbank.com.