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Red Deer Food Bank hoping to win $20,000

May 25, 2023 | 3:52 PM

The Red Deer Food Bank is inviting central Albertans to help the organization in the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, which starts June 1.

The challenge is meant to ease food insecurity for communities.

Statistics Canada data suggests one-in-five Albertans were food insecure in 2022, the Red Deer Food Bank notes.

How the challenge works is every time you make an online donation to the Red Deer Food Bank, the food bank is entered to win $20,000 from the Great Canadian Giving Challenge.

“Every $1 donated through the CanadaHelps.org page automatically gives the Red Deer Food Bank a chance to win. The more people who give, the greater the chances are that the Red Deer Food Bank will win the grand prize,” Red Deer Food Bank officials say.

Monetary donations to the food bank also allow it to purchase food items strategically.

A minimum $3 donation is required for eligibility. The contest runs from midnight on June 1 to June 30 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). See complete rules at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/givingchallenge-rules.