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Timmins Metro top donation location for annual program

This year's food bag donation campaign is underway
Maija Hoggett
Maija Hoggett
2019-11-26 MEtro Timmins MH
Metro Timmins was the top donating location in Ontario for the annual Food Donation Bag program. Maija Hoggett/TimminsToday

Metro Timmins shoppers helped lift the grocery store to be the top donating location in Ontario. 

During last year's campaign, the Timmins store raised more than $18,000 in value of food collection for the food donation bag program, putting them at the top of Ontario stores donating in 2018.

This year's local program is underway, with the donations going to the Timmins Food Bank. In addition to the food collection, Metro will also donate $1 to Feed Ontario for every bag purchased.

According to a report from Feed Ontario, 501,590 people used a food bank in Ontario in 2017. The report also states there is a 10 per cent increase in the number of seniors accessing food banks in 2017, which is an increase nearly three times faster than the growth of Ontario's senior population.