Ed Giles, Salvation Army Community & Family Service, right, receives food and money donations from Greg Dailey representing The Wismer House, November 25.

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The Salvation Army Food Bank in Port Elgin received a welcome donation of both food and money raised from the BIA’s Cookies with Mrs. Claus event held at The Wismer House November 18.

Four bags full of food plus $50 collected in cash donations were handed over to Ed Giles of the Salvation Army Community & Family Service at Maple Square Mall, Port Elgin, November 25. Plus an extra $50 cheque was donated in Mrs. Claus' name as a thank you to her for helping out. BIA Coordinator, Laura McInnes also said they wanted to send out a big thank you to Deb Legault for her volunteering and the special role she played.

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Giles welcomed the donations, which will go to help local families this Christmas. “On average we do 55 to 60 families a month, right now the Christmas hamper applications are up to 118 and are still coming in,” he said. “Last year I think we were around 130. If it keeps going like this it will surpass it.”