Filling the food bank [VIDEO]

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A much heavier Morinville Community Bus groaned over the weigh scales Friday night after two days of collecting food throughout the community. Organizers of this year’s annual Fill-A-Bus were hoping to outdo the 5,608 pounds of food and $1,600 in cash donations collected last year for the Morinville Food Bank Society. Those expectations and goals were not disappointed as Morinvillians of all ages rose to the occasion to support the cause. This year’s initiative collected 7,469 pounds of food and $810 in cash donations. [Read full story from Friday here]

Below is a video of a large portion of that 7,469 pounds being unloaded Friday night – sped up 10 times.