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UPDATES FROM THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE

Fall Food Drive

We will be collecting food during the month of October to replenish our food cupboard at

Fridays at First. We would also like you to consider making a donation to the Waterloo

Region’s Foodbank. You can do that through their website at https://www.thefoodbank.ca/

Fridays at First

We are looking forward to reopening the Fridays at First Meal program in November with a drop-in time starting at 2:00pm and a meal served at 6:00pm and closing by 8:00pm. 

This year we are partnering with A Better Tent City and will be providing an additional 60 meals for them each Friday. These will be prepared at First United, delivered to their site and served from their new kitchen.  

We are expecting there to be a great need in the community and are preparing for both an increased number of meals to be served and an increased usage of our food pantry. 

We continue to welcome your financial gifts as well as gifts of new socks, good new or used mitts, gloves, hats, warm clothing, and new toiletries. 

White Gift Sunday

We are planning to continue our tradition of making up gift bags for our Fridays at First guests for White Gift Sunday, Dec. 4. We will be sharing any gifts not distributed with A Better Tent City. More information will be in a later newsletter. 

Holiday Meal

We are expecting to have our traditional Holiday Meal on Boxing Day, Monday December 26. More information on this will be sent out closer to the event.