{"id":181697,"date":"2024-11-21T16:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/project-porchlight-food-drive-returns-on-wednesday-december-4\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:51:03","slug":"project-porchlight-food-drive-returns-on-wednesday-december-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/project-porchlight-food-drive-returns-on-wednesday-december-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Porchlight Food Drive returns on Wednesday, December 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mark your calendars! The Huntsville\/Lake of Bays Fire Department is ramping up for the 36<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual Project Porchlight Food Drive in support of the Salvation Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire trucks, with the assistance of the OPP, EMS, Public Works, and Motorcyclists of Muskoka, will be going house-to-house to collect non-perishable food donations across our community on\u00a0Wednesday, December 4, starting at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate in the Project Porchlight Food Drive, residents are asked to turn their porchlight on and place their non-perishable food donations at the end of their driveway or on their porch where they will be collected by first responders and volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Project Porchlight Food Drive has been an integral seasonal community tradition in support of the Salvation Army, which distributes the donated goods to the community throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHelp us spread some Christmas Cheer to those in need in our community with our 36<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Project Porchlight Food Drive! These are tough times for many Huntsvillians,\u201d says\u00a0Steve Markham, Fire Prevention Officer for Huntsville\/Lake of Bays Fire Department. \u201cDonating non-perishable food items is a great way to help out your neighbour in the true spirit of Christmas and bring our community closer together this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you won\u2019t be at home or would rather drop food donations off in person, bins will be placed outside the locations noted below during the day for drop-offs. Bags for packing your food donations will be handed out at various grocery stores throughout our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Huntsville Fire Hall Station #1:<\/strong>\u00a01 Payne Dr.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Salvation Army in Huntsville:<\/strong>\u00a04 Mary St. E.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Port Sydney Fire Hall:<\/strong>\u00a0387 South Mary Lake Rd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lake of Bays Fire Halls:<\/strong>\u00a01007 Limberlost Rd. and 1230 Fox Point Rd., and 12 University St. in Baysville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>New this year, the Fire Department will have a truck at Metro, Independent and FreshCo to collect additional food donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Metro:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, November 28, from 1-5 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Independent:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday, December 2, from 1-5 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FreshCo:\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, December 3, from 1-5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark your calendars! 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