Salmon Arm food banks received a financial boost courtesy of local Rotarians.
On Tuesday, April 12, members of the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm stopped by the Salvation Army Lighthouse Shelter to give Lieutenant Joel Torrens a cheque for $14,400. A cheque for the same amount was going to the Second Harvest food bank.
The money was raised through the Rotary Club’s recently concluded Double Up Your Donation fundraising campaign, through which $28,867.22 was raised.
This is the second year the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm has run the campaign, which matches funds raised up to a maximum of $10,000. Rotarian Rob Marshall said the club decided to contribute additional funds this year due to the “greater-than-usual need that exists in our community at the present time.”
“The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm is grateful to all the individual community members and community organizations who contributed to the success of this very worthy cause,” said Marshall, adding the club plans to bring back the Double Up Your Donation campaign in the future.
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