Curbside Food Drive Extended for a Week

The Curbside Food Drive has been a success; City staff collected over 130,000 pounds of non-perishable food donations from residents and businesses throughout the City of St. John’s this week. City Council and staff are thankful to all participants for their generosity.
 
The City has extended the food drive by one week for residents who may have forgotten to put out their donations, or were inadvertently missed. As food items will not necessarily be picked up at the same time as your garbage, it is important to have donations out by 8 a.m. or they could be missed.
 
Residents in apartment buildings should ask their building manager to organize a collection area and to contact 311 (754-CITY) to arrange a pickup.
 
To participate in the food drive, place non-perishable food items in a bag or box on the front door handle or front step of the home on garbage collection day.  Bags can be tagged with a sign that has been provided in a mail out from the City, or simply marked with a large “F” to indicate that it is for the food drive. Bags placed at side or back doors will not be collected.
 
2015 Food Drive Results to Date - 132,182 Pounds

• Area 1 - 20,784 lbs.
• Area 2 - 27,108 lbs.
• Area 3 - 16,825 lbs.
• Area 4 - 31,236 lbs.
• Area 5 - 27,615 lbs.
• Businesses - 8,614 lbs.