Dear Editor:
On May 16 the Optimist club of Centre Wellington Fergus and the Royal Canadian Legion Fergus Branch 275 joined together to run a bottle drive in support of the Centre Wellington Food Bank.
The response from the citizens of our community was incredible. From 9:15am until after 2pm there was a steady line of vehicles delivering bottles.
Both organizations would like to thank all of you for your generosity. We would also like to thank the Wellington Advertiser and the Grand 101.1 for promoting this worthwhile endeavour. There are others to thank as well; Shoppers Drug Mart for a donation of masks, and Grand River Pharmacy for a donation of gloves. Both of these donations made for a safer environment for the volunteers who worked tirelessly to sort and pack the bottles.
Jim Fleming of Fleming Fast Freight provided a truck and trailer to load and store the donations until they can be safely returned to the beer store. The Tim Hortons on St. Andrews Street provided coffee and Timbits to keep workers’ spirits high.
The combined efforts of all these contributors shows what a community can do when we all work together. At this time the total raised for the food bank is not yet known but a 45-foot trailer filled with refundable bottles will provide much help for people in our community.
Jim Dandy,
president, Optimist Club of Centre Wellington – Fergus and
Randy Graham,
president, Royal Canadian Legion Fergus Branch 275
