Fort St. John youth organizes food drive
“Hunter’s First Food Drive” will involve eight-year-old Hunter Mackay going door-to-door around the city to collect non-perishable food items.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A local youth is looking to help out those in need in Fort St. John by organizing his own food drive.
“Hunter’s First Food Drive” will involve eight-year-old Hunter Mackay going door-to-door around the city to collect non-perishable food items.
The items will then be donated to the local Salvation Army food bank.
According to his mother, Jolene, Hunter always had a sense of community and a passion for helping and donating.
“We’re always sure to leave any spare cash in any store in town, like with a cash donation box. Hunter usually donates if he also has spare change,” said Jolene.
“He even took his entire piggy bank down to Canadian Tire one time to empty it for On Our Way Home Animal Rescue that had a table there.”
The idea of his own food drive came from Hunter cleaning his room.
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“Hunter mentioned he wanted to donate his old toys and clothes. We then started talking about different organizations like the Women’s Resource Society and the Salvation Army. He wanted to go to our pantry and take all the food down.”
Although they were not able to donate all their food, they decided to donate some items. Hunter requested friends and family to donate items as well, and thus, Jolene posted about the drive on Facebook.
The post got the attention of the local Salvation Army executive director, Jared Braun.
He says Hunter’s act shows an incredibly devout sense of paying it forward.
“This shows an incredible level of selflessness,” said Braun. “We’re all mostly focused on our own entertainment and consumption. It’s amazing to see a young person have a heart for those less fortunate.”
“Full credit should be given to his mom, who instilled great community awareness in him.”
More details can be found on the Facebook event post created by Jolene. People can also contact Jolene directly by email at jolene.cupples@gmail.com or by phone at (250)793-4119 if they would like to donate food to the drive.
The food drive is scheduled for Saturday, February 24th.
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