What started 6 years ago, with a few Odd Fellows collecting two tonnes of non-perishable food for the Mustard Seed at Christmas, has now become the delivery of two moving trucks full of fresh food for every family hamper registered with the food bank last year – that was over 300 local families. These families typically have 2 kids with a single or co-parent relationship.
Our goal is to once again provide fresh nutritious food to each registered family with the Mustard Seed over the holidays, as well as, extend the “Tonne of Love” to add more fresh food in their year long monthly hampers and support other Mustard Seed programs such as “Diary for Kids”.
We need your help. Once again, Victoria’s local Country Grocer stores have generously committed a matching program where your dollars will be matched one for one and spent at cost for the most amazing fresh vegetables, fruits, meats, cheeses and treats that compliment the food the Mustard Seed already has sourced . The matching program has a dollar limit but the buying food at wholesale pricing does not. We work with the Mustard Seed to fill all the holiday meal gaps so that our neighbors receive food that makes them feel human.
A donation of $500 will provide fresh food for about 10 families (about 40 people) this holiday season. Of course, larger or smaller donations are welcome. With your donation we’ll be purchasing items such as: hams, fresh veggies and fruit, cheese, eggs, and pies. Cheques are to be made out to “The Mustard Seed Street Church” with the memo: “Tonne of Love”. Again, just as we did last year, surplus funds raised during the 2015 Tonne of Love campaign will be used by the Mustard Seed throughout 2016 to support their other fresh food programs. Mustard Seed will send out charitable donation tax receipts in the first few months of 2016. For your reference: REGISTERED CHARITY # 11924 6213 RR0001.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jason Sikora
Investment Advisor and Odd Fellow
Josh Miller
Restaurant Owner and Odd Fellow
Robin Kelley
Development and Property Management and Odd Fellow
Mike Boorman
Realtor and Odd Fellow
Click Below to Download our Donation and Letter to the Community.
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Donations can also be made on the Mustard Seed Website:
https://mustardseed.ca/donate-to-the-mustard-seed/
To ensure your donation goes to the Tonne of Love, on the second step under “what inspired your donation today” section – select I want to direct my donation to an event or program and type Tonne of Love in the “Tell us Box”.
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