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February Potato Blitz

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House of Friendship (HOF) needs at least 200,000 pounds of potatoes in 2012 to meet the ongoing high demand for emergency food assistance for local families. To meet this need HOF hosts the 2012 February Potato Blitz.

New Blitz Education Partner! This year, HOF is excited to introduce the Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. (OAFE) as the Education Partner for the 2012 Februay Potato Blitz. OAFE will provide complimentary age- and curriculum-appropriate education resources for school classes that host a Potato Drive in support of the February Potato Blitz. Five classes will also receive classroom visits from OAFE Teacher Ambassadors. Click here for more information on how your class can receive resources and a visit and contact Jenn admin@houseoffriendship.org to register your School Potato Drive.

 

Do you cook a great Potato Lunch? Are you a SOUP IDOL contender?

Get cooking to prepare for Soup Idol 2012! Put your best cooking utensil forward and register for the 2nd annual Soup Idol to be held at the Community Potato Lunch on Friday February 24, 2012, 12-1 pm at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener. Soup Idol contestants are asked to contact Jenn admin@houseoffriendship.org

Once registered, start cooking. We want a small batch of your best Potato Soup, which will be taste-tested by Soup Idol judges. May the tastiest soup win! Congratulations to Kelly Daly (picture at bottom), last year's Soup Idol for his delicious homemade potato soup!

 

Host your own Potato Drive!

You can support the Potato Blitz at your church, school or workplace by hosting your very own Potato Drive.

It's as simple as 1-2-3: We supply signs. You pick the date in February and invite others to participate. We pick up the potatoes and donations. This is a fun and easy way for you to get involved in your community while helping others. Contact Jenn admin@houseoffriendship.org to confirm your Potato Drive.

 

 

2012 February Potato Blitz Aims to Reach 200,000 Pounds of Potatoes

  • 15th annual DON CAMERON POTATO NIGHT got the 2012 February Potato Blitz off to its best start yet at the game on Friday January 27. Cheered on by Don Cameron and the Rangers Captain, Mike Catenacci, Rangers fans donated $6,394 and 4,800 pounds of potatoes. Zehrs Markets, which had already donated $5,000 to the campaign, also donated potatoes, making for a very grand total of more than 85,000 lbs of spuds. Thank you Rangers fans, Don Cameron, The Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club, volunteers, media partners, and Zehrs Markets!

  • Local shoppers can get into the game during the 2012 SUPERMARKET BLITZ. This year, we've supersized the Supermarket Blitz; local volunteers will be at twenty-six participating supermarkets in Kitchener Waterloo and area collecting spuds and donations. Last year, volunteers from twelve local churches: Presbyterian churches (Calvin, Kitchener East, Knox, St. Andrew's and Doon), along with volunteers from United Churches: Calvary, Parkminster and Trinity; Christ Lutheran Church, and St. Louis Catholic Church collected over 18,000 pounds of spuds and over $11,200 in cash donations, making for the equivalent of 92,650 pounds of potatoes. Some potatoes were taken by Way-Mar Inc. to the Emergency Food Hamper program to help feed families the very next week! The remainder were picked up by volunteers from Steinmann Mennonite Church and taken to the J. Steckle Heritage Homestead for storage. Thanks to the many volunteers, supermarkets and donors for making this event such a success again.
    • Central Fresh Market, Kitchener
    • Elmira Foodland
    • Food Basics - Fairway Road
    • Freshco - Weber St.
    • Sobeys – Fischer Hallman, Highland Road West, Weber and Northfield, and Bridgeport Road East locations, Kitchener
    • Sobeys – Columbia West, Waterloo
    • Zehrs Markets Stores, Kitchener – Pioneer Park Plaza, Stanley Park Mall, Hi-Way Market, Laurentian.
    • Zehrs Markets Stores, Waterloo – Zehrs Plaza (Beechwood), Glenridge, and Conestoga Mall locations
    • Valumart, Waterloo

 

  • Join us for the campaign wrap-up 2012 COMMUNITY POTATO LUNCH at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Friday February 24, 2012 for...of course, a menu full of delicious homemade potato dishes and our second annual Soup Idol contest, back by popular demand! Last year, a full-house enjoyed a complimentary lunch of potato soups, baked potatoes, and potatoe cakes. Over $3,100 was donated or the equivalent of more than 20,000 pounds of potatoes, taking the campaign over its goal of 170,000 pounds. The lunch is also an opportunity to thank and recognize the many volunteers, partners and sponsors who contribute to the success of the Blitz.

Thank you for supporting the February Potato Blitz & Helping Feed Our Neighbours in Need