The Wawa Community Food Bank has cancelled a major holiday season fundraiser.
Citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the local food bank says volunteers have made the "difficult decision" to cancel this year's "Feed the Need" event, which is traditionally held later this month - the organization notes concerns about the safety of sponsors, attendees, and volunteers, saying that comes first, though it suggest a possible event in the spring.
Last year's "Feed the Need" raised over 800 items for the food bank, with more than $1900 in monetary donations.
This does, however, come less than two weeks after Northern Lights Ford dropped off two trucks of donations stemming from its October-long "Northern Lights Ford Scares Hunger" campaign, which was supported by local schools, health care workers, and residents.