Latter-day Saints in Edmonton gather thousands of pounds of food for families in need

For 17 years, thousands of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in and around Edmonton, Alberta, have spent a week each fall collecting food for their local food banks. This year, the food drive, culminating on Sept. 19, collected more than 257,000 pounds of food within the city of Edmonton and 137,000 pounds of food from surrounding communities, with the majority of donations benefiting Edmonton’s Food Bank. Latter-day Saints organized the food drive, advertised the event, delivered bags to homes in advance and spent hours going door-to-door to collect donations. Chantelle McMullin, of the Yellowbird Ward in the Edmonton Alberta Gateway Stake, said one of the greatest moments of the food drive is when families who have been out collecting donations return to meetinghouses with cars and trucks full of food and are able to see the impact of all the food gathered together.

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