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NEWS<br />
4 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Toot for Tucker gathers arecord haul<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Arecord 2200 bagswere<br />
returned during last week’s<br />
Toot for Tuckerfood collection.<br />
Organiser Bev Wrightsaid she<br />
was amazed by the response.<br />
‘‘It was avery successful Toot<br />
for Tucker. It was agood night<br />
and we are grateful it wasn’t<br />
raining.’’<br />
She was particularly<br />
impressedwith the return from<br />
Oxford and Cust, with 23<br />
percent of the 880 bags<br />
deliveredbeing returned on the<br />
night, whichwent to the Oxford<br />
CommunityTrust’s food bank.<br />
‘‘It was huge.<br />
‘‘It was an outstanding<br />
responsefrom those<br />
communities and it was areally<br />
good night all round.’’<br />
Bev said the volunteer<br />
firefighters collectingthe food<br />
notedhow heavy the bags were<br />
this year.<br />
‘‘We were very impressed<br />
with the amount of food and the<br />
quality of the food in the bags,<br />
whichshows people have been<br />
very generous.<br />
‘‘Normally, the fire brigade<br />
guys could pick up six bags, but<br />
this year theysaid they could<br />
only carryfour.’’<br />
She says donations included<br />
toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps,<br />
flannels and Christmas goodies,<br />
as well as food.<br />
The only drawback on the<br />
Tuesday night appearedtobe<br />
that some people could not hear<br />
the noise of the tootingand<br />
sirens in some areas due to the<br />
wind and missed the collection.<br />
Rangiora Salvation Army<br />
captain Nigel De Maine<br />
describedthe response as<br />
phenomenal, with more than<br />
1000 bags collected in Rangiora<br />
and 300 in the Woodend/<br />
Pegasus area.<br />
Bags are still coming in, so he<br />
estimates nearly 1500 have been<br />
received all together by the<br />
Salvation Army’sfood bank.<br />
‘‘We are eternally grateful.We<br />
live in such acaring community<br />
which trusts us to be<br />
responsible in distributingthe<br />
food as widely as we possibly<br />
can,’’Nigel says.<br />
‘‘We are thankful to everyone<br />
who tookpart,whether in giving<br />
food, collectingorinsorting it<br />
out.<br />
‘‘It was amazing and it will<br />
supplyour food banksuper well<br />
over Christmas and in the<br />
monthstocome.’’<br />
Donationscan still be<br />
dropped off at the Salvation<br />
Army’sFamily StoreinAlbert<br />
Street, Rangiora, between9am<br />
and 4pm, Monday to Friday.<br />
The FamilyStore will be open<br />
until <strong>12</strong>pm on Christmas Eve<br />
and will open on <strong>December</strong>30<br />
and 31 as atrial.<br />
Nigel asksthat donations be<br />
dropped off only whenthe store<br />
is open.<br />
He saysthe Salvation Army is<br />
hosting aChristmasDay service<br />
at 10am and everyone is<br />
welcome.<br />
Kaiapoi food donations were<br />
gratefully received by the<br />
Community Wellbeing <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Trust’s pantryat<br />
Kaiapoi Community Support.<br />
Out and about ... AKaiapoi<br />
Volunteer Fire Brigade member<br />
collects food from Kaiapoi<br />
residents during Toot for Tucker<br />
last week. PHOTOS: SHANE JONES PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Ready for sorting ... Some of the<br />
donations.<br />
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