On May 6, 2015, the Woodstock-Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board hosted their 5th Annual REALTORS Care® Food Drive in Woodstock and Ingersoll for their respective Salvation Army food banks.
There were a total of 150 volunteers for both events of which 70 were local REALTORS® covering approximately 70-80 per cent of routes in both towns.
“I am very proud of our members and the support they give to this amazing event, which gets bigger and better every year. We want our communities to know that your local REALTORS® are not just real estate representatives, but friends and neighbours who care about our communities,” commented WIDREB President, William Cattle. “I would also like to take the time to personally thank our REALTORS Care® Committee for all their hard work and dedication that they put towards creating such a successful event every year.”
Current estimates in the amount of food received from scheduled collection are 5,500 pounds of food in Ingersoll and between 13,000 pounds of food in Woodstock, totaling 18,500 pounds of food collected. “The generosity from our communities is amazing and it is estimated that the food raised in Woodstock alone will keep their shelves stocked for the next 5 months. This is by far the best results we have had since its inception in 2011. Over the 5 years our food drive has brought in an estimate of 75,000 pounds of food for our local food banks,” commented President Cattle.
The Woodstock-Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board would like to take the time to thank all of the volunteers who helped make this event great, without your help and dedication we would never reach the level of success that was accomplished yesterday.
In addition, special thanks go out to our sponsors, Home Hardware Building Centre in Woodstock and Foodland in Ingersoll who donated countless bags for this event. “Our two sponsors came on board two years ago and their bag donations have made all the difference for our food drive and we hope that we can continue this partnership for our future food drives.”
If you placed a bag out last night that was not picked up, please contact the Woodstock-Ingersoll & District Real Estate Board at 519-539-3616 or take your donation directly to your local Salvation Army.
