{"id":7415,"date":"2020-05-01T11:58:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/mccains-foods-donation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:22:31","slug":"mccains-foods-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/atlantic\/2020\/05\/mccains-foods-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain Foods Donates 150,000 lbs of Potatoes to Salvation Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filling weekly food bank orders at The Salvation Army was a little easier this week thanks to a generous donation of 150,000 lbs of potatoes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccain.com\/\">McCain Foods<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe still can\u2019t believe our eyes,\u201d says Captain Jamie Locke, divisional secretary for public relations and development. \u201cWe are so grateful for their generosity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50,000 lbs of potatoes are to be delivered to locations in Halifax, Sydney and Fredericton, where they will be organized by volunteers and distributed to Salvation Army food banks in their region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone is coming together to help those who need it the most. We are so fortunate to have community partners like McCains who are stepping up during this difficult time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Salvation Army continues to provide essential services across Canada throughout the COVID-19 crisis. To donate, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.salvationarmy.ca\/registrant\/DonationPage.aspx?eventid=310955&amp;langpref=en-CA&amp;Referrer=maritime-web-covid2020-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SalvationArmy.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or call 1-902-455-1201<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filling weekly food bank orders at The Salvation Army was a little easier this week thanks to a generous donation of 150,000 lbs of potatoes from McCain Foods. \u201cWe still can\u2019t believe our eyes,\u201d says Captain Jamie Locke, divisional secretary for public relations and development. \u201cWe are so grateful for their generosity.\u201d\u00a0 50,000 lbs of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[662,127,296],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest","tag-giving-hope-today","tag-nova-scotia","tag-the-salvation-army"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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