{"id":47434,"date":"2018-11-26T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=47434"},"modified":"2021-02-08T08:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:08:11","slug":"calgarians-stuff-a-bus-or-20-for-the-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/11\/26\/calgarians-stuff-a-bus-or-20-for-the-food-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgarians stuff-a-bus, or 20, for the food bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span> long-standing Calgary tradition, Stuff-a-Bus, took place Nov. 3, as Calgarians filled several city buses with donations to the local food bank.<\/p>\n

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The gang is all here!: <\/strong>Doug Morgan, left, Teddy the Transit Mascot and Jyoti Gondek, right, oversaw the Stuff-a-Bus event in Calgary on Nov. 3, 2018. Stuff-a-Bus has been a tradition in Calgary for 25 years. (Photo by Izunna Nwogbo\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>he donations will go to individuals and families in need this holiday season.<\/p>\n

Due to the recent decline in the economy, the Calgary Food Bank has experienced an\u00a0 upsurge in demand. Stuff-a-Bus remains one of Calgary\u2019s largest single-day food drives to this day.<\/p>\n

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Lending a hand: <\/strong>Kendra Fowler of CityTV helps out with the cause during the Stuff-a-Bus event in Calgary on Nov. 3, 2018. Fowler shows off some of the canned good donated during the event. (Photo by Izunna Nwogbo\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doug Morgan, director of Calgary Transit, and Jyoti Gondek, Deputy Mayor, also were on hand for the event, which is co-sponsored by the transit system and the Calgary Co-op.<\/p>\n

Morgan explained that anyone could donate and it could be as much or as little as they so pleased.<\/p>\n

More than 100 staff, each an unpaid volunteer, managed at 20 locations in Calgary and Airdrie Co-op locations, and\u00a0 awarded prizes to those who participated.<\/p>\n

More than 20 transit buses were filled. According to Shawna Ogston, communications consultant for the Calgary Food Bank, it was the busiest year they had had in a while.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Stuff a Bus garnered 48,000 donations, which comprised 57,000 pounds of food.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the best job in the world, but don\u2019t tell my boss that or he\u2019ll stop paying me.\u201d said Morgan.<\/p>\n

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Big hug: <\/strong>Teddy the Transit Mascot greets a young fan at the Stuff-a-Bus event in Calgary on Nov. 3, 2018. Stuff-a-Bus has been a tradition in Calgary for 25 years. (Photo by Izunna Nwogbo\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though the event was citywide, the bus located at the Co-op on Richmond Road S.W. was the main site for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A long-standing Calgary tradition took place on Nov. 3 2018. \u201cStuff a Bus\u201d, an annual event where Calgarians were encouraged to donate non-perishable items and place them in one of the several city buses spread from Calgary to Airdrie. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":47766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[926,3,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christmas-lifestyle","8":"category-city","9":"category-life","10":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47434"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47788,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434\/revisions\/47788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}