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Mark Jordan writes to update The South Bayview Bulldog on the Seventh Annual Sarah’s Food Drive beginning September 27 and running until October 12, 2014. Many in Leaside will know the story of the drive and a little girl’s curiosity about helping others. Soon the idea took flight and drew in many people, including Sarah’s mom and dad (Mark) and her younger sister Claire. For the 2014 drive Sarah and Claire have an ambitious goal of raising 70,000 pounds of food. Mark notes that last year’s drive raised over 60,000 pounds of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Thirteen schools are helping out this year and that means about 6,000 students are on the job. Businesses are invited to get involved by mailing Sarah and the gang here. It should be a lovely evening when youth philanthropist awards are handed out at the ACC October 2, 2014. Sarah and her dad are nominated by the Daily Bread Food Bank for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Young Philanthropist Award. They won and Sarah and Jordan will be accepting the award in person at the AFP Luncheon on November 26, 2014. On October 11, 2014, there will be a Thanksgiving hamper build and BBQ at McDowell’s valu-mart on Bayview. Of course Sarah will be at the 21st annual Leaside Rotary corn roast tomorrow (Sunday, September 21, 2014) with bins to collect non-perishable food items.
