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CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
City's first-ever Stuff-a-Bus school campaign to help prepare Edmonton students
An ETS bus from the city's Stuff-a-Bus food donation campaign on Nov. 22, 2024. (File) The city has partnered with two organizations to collect the essentials Edmonton students need to succeed in the upcoming school year. Staples and United Way have joined Edmonton for its first-ever Stuff-a-Bus for Schools campaign, a spinoff of the city's Stuff-a-Bus food donation campaign that's run during the holidays for the past 30 years. Until Aug. 22, Edmontonians can drop off school supplies in donation boxes located at any city-run centre. On Aug. 23 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., donations can be brought to buses parked outside all eight Staples locations in the city. Cash, credit and debit donations will be accepted on-site on Aug. 23. Most-needed items include: backpacks; pencils, pens, erasers; binders, dividers, paper; notebooks, duo-tangs; crayons, pencil crayons; highlighters, markers; and scissors, glue sticks, rulers. A list of locations to donate and more information can be found on the city's website.
CTV News
24-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Zehrs and Transit Windsor partner again for annual Stuff-a-Bus campaign
Zehrs and Transit Windsor are teaming for their 2025 Stuff-a-Bus campaign. For a second year in a row, Zehrs and Transit Windsor are teaming for their Stuff-a-Bus campaign, an initiative aimed at collecting essential donations for the Unemployed Help Centre in the lead-up to the highly anticipated Ford Fireworks event next month. 'As we know, there's more and more of a great need for food distribution to the homeless and the needy,' noted Atila Kadar, store manager at Zehrs in Tecumseh. 'We just really are proud to be a part of that and help out the fellow food banks that help support them.' Shoppers dropped off non-perishable food, clothing, and cash to volunteers in front of the Zehrs on Manning Road Saturday. TRANSIT WINDSOR STUFF BUS 2025 Zehrs and Transit Windsor are teaming for their Stuff-a-Bus campaign at the Tecumseh Zehrs location on May 24, 2025. (Bob Bellacicco/CTV News Windsor) The campaign continues at the following Zehrs' locations: LaSalle Zehrs (5890 Malden Rd.) – Saturday, May 31, 2025 Parkway Plaza Zehrs (7201 Tecumseh Rd.) – Saturday, June 7, 2025 All events run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and support individuals and families in need across Windsor-Essex. Residents are encouraged to stop by, stuff the bus, and help make a difference.
