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Special Events  

 

Current Events

 

 

 

 

February 2010

 

Kamloops Storm Food Bank Night

  • Friday, February 19th

 

Food Share - 2 Million Pound Milestone

  • Marketing planned with Kamloops This Week and Kamloops Daily News
  • News release will be given to all media

 

 

 

March 2010

 

Hunger Awareness Month - All Food Banks Across Canada

  • Education awareness campaign to be ran with local media
    • Kamloops This Week
    • Kamloops Daily News

 

"Talkers" placed in local grocery stores

    • Save On Foods
    • All 4 Coopers Foods locations
    • London Drugs

Rotary Spring Food Drive - Saturday, March 27th

    • All five Rotary groups of Kamloops - city wide door to door food collection campaign
    • Supported by local media
      • Kamloops This Week
      • NL Broadcasting (Country 103, Radio NL, 97.5 The River)

 

 

 

April 2010

 

 

West Coast Amusements

  • Aberdeen Mall
  • April 14 - 18

 

 

 

 

May 2010

 

 

Music Makes Meals

  • Date TBA
  • Partnership with Kamloops This Week - Dale Bass 

  

 

June 2010

 

 

National Hunger Awareness Day

  • Tuesday, June 1, 2010

  

July 2010

 

 

 

Christmas in July - All Month

  • Marketing campaign for donations planned with local media 

 

"Talkers" placed in local grocery stores

    • Save On Foods
    • All 4 Coopers Foods locations
    • Costco

 

 

August 2010

 

 

 

September 2010

 

 

Rotary Fall Food Drive

  • Saturday, September 25, 2010
  • All five Rotary groups of Kamloops - city wide door to door food collection campaign
  • Supported by local Media
    • Kamloops This Week
    • NL Broadcasting (Country 103, Radio NL, 97.5 The River)

 

 

October 2010

 

Investors Group Comedy Night 

 

 

 

November 2010

 

 

Music Makes Meals

  • November 10, 2010
  • Blue Grotto
    • Partnership with Kamloops This Week - Dale Bass

B100 Basics For Babies

 

  • Thursday, November 25, 2010
  • Partnership with:
    • Broadcast Centre (B100, 98.3 CIFM, CFJC TV7)
    • Kamloops Daily News
    • Coast Canadian Inn

 

 

December 2010

 

CP Holiday Train

  • Date TBA (usually the week of the 13th)
  • Partnership with CPR
  • Local Advertising campaign

 

 

"Talkers" placed in local grocery stores

    • Save On Foods
    • All 4 Coopers Foods locations
    • Costco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                            Past Events                                                                       

 

  

April 2009

 

Music Makes Meals

  • Took place on April 4th at the Colombo Hall
  • Over $5200 was raised for the Food Bank
  • The night wouldn't have been possible without the support of Earthbound, Kronic Obsession, Danie Pouliotte and Joey Jack who entertained the crowd

 

 

June 2009

 

National Hunger Awareness Day

  • Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  • Help support the Kamloops Food Bank by purchasing a $2 BC Share coupon at the till of local grocery stores
    • Save On Foods
    • All four Cooper's Foods locations
    • Both Safeway locations
    • Superstore
    • Extra Foods
  • The money generated from the BC Share coupons enables us to purchase food when our shelves start to empty or we are short of staples in our hampers.
  • Over 700,000 Canadians are helped by Food Banks every month; 37% are children.

 

 

 

July 2009

Christmas in July - All Month

  • Please help support the Kamloops Food Bank in the month of July with monetary or food donations

 

September 2009

Rotary Fall Food Drive

  • Saturday, September 19, 2009
  • 9am - Door to door pick up of food will begin all over the city of Kamloops
  • Look for your "Rotary Yellow Bag of Help" in Kamloops This Week on Wednesday, September 16th - please fill with food and leave on your door step for pick up by The Rotary Groups in Kamloops.
  • Most needed items of food include: tuna, pasta, pasta sauce, Kraft Dinner, canned vegetables or fruit, soup, rice, canned meats, beans, baby food and formula, peanut butter, fruit juice, cereal.
  • If your house accidentally gets missed, there are a number of convenient food drop locations all over Kamloops
    • All four Cooper's Food locations
    • Both Safeway locations
    • Save On Foods
    • Extra Foods
    • Superstore
    • Retail outlets of Canada Post
    • Kamloops Food Bank - 171 Wilson Street
  • Thank you for sharing what you can spare!

 

 

 

November 2009

 

 

B100 Basics for Babies

  • Thursday, November 26, 2009
  • 7am - 10am at the Coast Canadian Inn
  • $15 admission
  • Cheryl and Steve from B100 Broadcasting live
  • Ben Neilsen and Art Prince performing live
  • Come and have breakfast with us and help us raise funds and food for the most innocent clients at the Food Bank

                                Basics for Babies 2009 turned out to be a great success with 
                               $25,000 donated and 1,300 pounds of baby food and supplies. 

                                                        Thank You Kamloops!!!

 

 

December 2009

  

CP Holiday Train

  • Wednesday, December 16, 2009
  • North Parking Lot Interior Savings Center
  • Estimated Train Arrival: 6pm 
  • Entertainment: 7pm
  • Performances By: The Odds & Shaun Verreault
  • Ring in the Christmas season as the CP holiday train pulls into Kamloops decorated with over 100,000 Christmas lights
  • Barbeque by Donation sponsored by: Valleyview Overlanders Lions
  • Hot chocolate and coffee by donation to Kamloops Food Bank - provided by Van Houtte Coffee
  • Thank you to Interior Tents and Displays (Neil MacDonald) for providing tent and stage services
  • Admission by monetary or food donations to the Kamloops Food Bank
  • For more information, visit www.cpr.ca
Location: 171 Wilson St
Address: Box 1513 Station Main Kamloops BC, V3C 6L8
Phone: 250.376.2252 - Fax: 250.376.0052
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