OC Transpo and Loblaws join together for their 35th Christmas Food Drive
Posted Nov 30, 2019 02:19:00 PM.
The City of Ottawa, in partnership with Loblaws, will be collecting donations for the 35th annual OC Transpo / Loblaw Christmas Food Drive.
OC Transpo buses will be parked outside participating Loblaws, No Frills, Your Independent Grocer and Real Canadian Superstores across Ottawa.
Volunteers will be collecting non-perishable food items on Saturday November 30 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.
Here are the participiting locations:
Loblaws
- 1460 Merivale Road
- 59A Robertson Road
- 1980 Baseline Road
- 1980 Ogilvie Road
- 3201 Greenbank Road
- 64 Isabella Street
- 2085 Carling Avenue
- 1910 St. Laurent Boulevard
- 363 Rideau Street
- 2210C Bank Street
- 100 McArthur Avenue
- 200 Earl Grey Drive
No Frills
- Brandon’s and Meagan’s at 1226 Place d’Orléans Drive
Real Canadian Superstore
- 190 Richmond Road
- 4270 Innes Road
- 760 Eagleson Road
Your Independent Grocer
- Dessureault's – 1619 Orléans Boulevard
- Wilson's – 2681 Alta Vista Drive
- Moncion's – 685 River Road
- Brown's – 1251 Stittsville Main Street
The items most in need are pasta, rice, soup, canned meet, fish and vegetables, whole wheat cereal, along with baby food, formula and diapers.
You can also donate online with the Ottawa Food Bank. For every dollar donated, the Ottawa Food Bank can purchase about $5 worth of food.
