This Thursday, Oct. 8, will be Global BC’s third-annual Thanks For Giving drive.
Last year, B.C. helped us raise $41,150 and thousands of pounds of food for food banks across B.C. All donations benefit Foodbanks BC.
This year we want to beat those totals!
Where and When
From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
At Global BC in Burnaby – 7850 Enterprise St. Anyone who comes by with a donation will receive a Triple O breakfast, lunch or dinner, courtesy of White Spot.
At the Robson Square Skating Rink – 800 Robson St. Anyone who comes by with a donation will receive breakfast, lunch or dinner, courtesy of Nature’s Path.
At Global Okanagan – 342 Leon Avenue in Kelowna.
At Penticton Lake Resort – 21 Lakeshore Dr W.
How to Donate
Online at foodbanksbc.com/global
Text FOOD to 41010 to donate $5, $10, $20 or $25 (you specify the amount and it will be added to your phone bill).
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Come by our locations and drop off food or money.
Follow Our Progress
Follow along on the day on social media with the hashtag #ThanksForGiving
We will also be tweeting from our @GlobalBC and @BC1 accounts. You can also follow @realfoodbanksbc and @vanfoodbank.
Come Down and Meet Us!
Aside from having numerous guests at both our locations come down to help out, you will also get a chance to meet some of our Global BC personalities when you bring your donation. Come and say hi!
At Global BC – Steve Darling, Yvonne Schalle and Kaitlyn Herbst will be doing part of the Morning News outside, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Steve will then be helping out until 11:15 a.m.
Come down at 12:55 p.m. and meet Leigh Kjekstad and Sonia Sunger!
At 2:10 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. Squire Barnes will be out front of Global BC helping out.
Sophie Lui will then be outside at 4:10 p.m., followed by Jay Durant and Geoff Hastings at 5 p.m. Sophie will be joined by Squire at 6:55 p.m.
At Robson Square – Robin Stickley will start the day downtown at 7 a.m. and continue to help out until noon.
She will be joined by Mark Madryga at noon, who will then be helping out and doing weather hits all afternoon until 6 p.m.
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