The CKNX Relief Truck dropped off a load of donations to local food shelters Tuesday morning, thanks to the support of community partners.
The campaign has been running for a decade, launched by CKNX legend Buzz Reynolds. Donations are collected at participating grocery stores and delivered to the North Huron Community Food Share, Walkerton Food Bank and The Salvation Army.
On December 3, the truck delivered the donations to North Huron Community Food Share.
Roxanne Nicholson, Coordinator of the Relief Truck said several community food groups will benefit from the incredible generosity.
"It's very overwhelming to see the amount of goods coming in off the truck," she said. "Today we're going to be very busy trying to find the space for it all in our food share, which is a wonderful problem to have. We look forward to this event every year and what it does for our food share here, as well as the Walkerton Food Bank and The Salvation Army in Wingham."
Jordan Hodgins, co-owner from Hodgins' Building Centre, donated the truck to bring all the supplies over to the North Huron Community Food Share on Tuesday.
"It means a lot. It also just highlights what small donations can do and when the whole community gets together, those small donations add up to a greater total that has a larger impact on our community."
Nicholson, Coordinator of the Relief Truck, said there's still lots of opportunities to get involved.
"If you're still wanting to help, just drop into a local food bank when they're open, leave a donation," she said. "A lot of the grocery stores still have bins there ready to take anything people want to donate. I've even seen bins out at our local banks, churches, etc. So you can find a way just looking around in the community."
The final total of the event won't be calculated until late January.
