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Christine Behnke, Marg Dale, Frances Teatero and Jennifer Vellenga dance on Main
Street as they try to attract donations for the Seaforth food bank..
Seaforth food bank campaign
`overwhelming success'
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paign collected a total of 6,500 pounds
of food, along with a total cash dona-
tion of $1,500..
"The food bank is full of stuff," he
says, adding that there were so many
donations that volunteers needed to
pile some onto four palettes in the
garage next to the food bank build-
inMcGowan says Sun -North Systems
Ltd. also pledged to donate $200 ev-
ery month to the food bank.
Regarding the bet between Behnke
and Delchiaro, McGowan says both
sides collected a generous amount
an•
for the food bank.
Behnke says with a $1,000 mon-
etary donation and 1,000 pounds of
potatoes the bakery donated, she is
confident: she won the bet.
Delchiaro called the food bank's
campaign - an "overwhelming suc-
cess" and suggested that both he and
Benhke each pay the $25 to benefit
the food bank.
In terms of the sheer weight col-
lected
odlected by the van at Foodland and the.
pickup truck at the bakery, McGow-
an says the van collected a few more
pounds of food.
"It was very, very close,". he says.
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