Annual food drive hits the streets in Parksville
PARKSVILLE – The Parksville Fire Department will be going door-to-door Saturday and Sunday for their annual food drive, their biggest event of the year.
The Parksville Fire Department will be helped out by other area departments including Dashwood, Errington, Hilliers and Qualicum Beach.
Parksville department spokesman Mark Chandler says they’ll be collecting the usual food bank staples.
“Peanut butter, canned fish, canned vegetables and obviously a variety of other things,” said Chandler. “But money goes quite a ways too and we do collect money with envelopes. That typically stretches out to two or three times the amount of the funds.”