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Seasons Olds Olds Donates 281 Canned Goods To Mountain View Food Bank

Seasons Olds has announced that they have made a donation of over 281 canned goods to the Mountain View Food Bank Society.

The community at Seasons also raised a $2100 cash donation.

Between July 1st and 12th, Seasons Olds held its annual ‘One Can Make a Difference’ company-wide challenge to collect the most canned and non-perishable food items for their local food bank.

The goal was to collect a total of 7,000 cans across all Seasons Retirement Communities, but 9543 cans were collected company-wide.

According to Food Banks Canada, 1.9 million visits were reported as of March 2023, up a record-breaking 32.1% from the previous year and 78.5% compared to March 2019.

As of 2023, Statistics Canada reported Alberta had a food insecurity rate of of 21.8%.

Since 2016, Seasons Retirement Communities has donated more than $300,000 in funds and food to local food banks.

Bernd van't Klooster
Bernd van't Klooster
Bernd Van't Klooster is a morning show host and news reporter with Vista Radio. Bernd has been a part of the team at 96.5 CKFM in his hometown of Olds since 2018. Bernd knows our community, having graduated from both Olds High School and Olds College. After his time at OC, Bernd graduated from the RTBN Program at SAIT. In addition to his news work, Bernd is also the play by play voice of Mountain View Colts hockey on CKFM. Bernd is a Dutch citizen, he can answer any of your wooden shoe questions! If you have a community event or announcement for us, get in touch with Bernd!

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