Ontario Community Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 15 Apr 2011, p. 19

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A day as a Food for Life driverPHOTOS BY MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVERSHARING GOOD FORTUNE:At top, from left, Food for Life driver Derek Tweedy meets Charlotte Redekop-Young, executive director, at Whole Foods Market, Oakville on Monday morning. Not long after, Tweedy makes a pickup from Starbucks on North Service Road and Organic Garage near Kerr Street in Oakville, after making a delivery of bread and buns to volunteer Alisa Rybicka at Kerr Street Ministries. Then it's on to see Tony Cott and whether the Lions Foundation for Dog Guides could use any food items. In middle, from left, not long after Mark Cox, executive director of STRIDE, South Halton chooses some sandwiches and fruit that may be eaten by mentally-challenged workers at the STRIDE warehouse on South Service Road, Tweedy heads to Burlington where, he stops for a pickup from Food for Life's own warehouse on Mountainside Drive in Burlington and its operations co-ordinator Ian Gibbons. After that it's a stop at Goodness Me! natural foods store, and then he takes a tray or two of donations from Janet Brown at Red Lobster. The fish and more is anxiously awaited by volunteer Liz Brophy and fish-lover Steve Adamo at the Bill Shackleton housing complex on Guelph Line. At bottom, from left, Tweedy makes deliveries to volunteers and clients at St. Luke's Church in Burlington, the co-op housing complex of Maple Crossing, the Compassion Society in Aldershot and finally, the Halton Multicultural Council on Speers Road in Oakville where volunteer Suzan Manaa sorts baskets for more than 30 families. Seven days a week, Food for Life visits different venues, donors and clients, in Halton. 19 Friday, April 15, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com

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