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Hawkesbury resident Ricardo Nincheri is launching a donation program in collaboration with Asselin Independent Grocer aiming to collect food and other goods for local foodbanks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe only can count on each other, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing\u201d said Nincheri.<\/p>\n

The program, called One Item a Week, aims to incentivize people to donate one item per week for local food banks. One Item a Week installed food donation boxes near the exit at Asselin Independent Grocer. Nincheri also set up a banner with a list of items necessary for the foodbanks at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grocery stores are being very kind to accept the idea and to let us promote it\u201d praised Nincheri. \u201cM. Asselin has a good vision.\u201d To promote the program, Asselin Independent Grocer will also insert pamphlets in grocery bags after purchases.<\/p>\n

All food goods will be given to the local food bank.<\/p>\n

By the people, for the people<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to help but don\u2019t always know what they can do\u201d said Nincheri. He says he was inspired by the story of a man, Peter Norback, in Arizona who had started a donation program. Norback asked his neighbours to leave a can of food on their porch so that he could collect them and redistribute them to local food banks.<\/p>\n

Nincheri saw this idea and thought it could be simplified by promoting donations inside of the grocery stores themselves.<\/p>\n

The program is beginning in Hawkesbury, but its founder has bigger goals. \u201cI want it to be like a spiderweb. We\u2019re trying it at Asselin and if people like it, we\u2019ll try to get it into other grocery stores\u201d said Nincheri.<\/p>\n

Nincheri has already discussed with Foodland in Vankleek Hill and Fresco in Hawkesbury but no partnership has been officialised yet. He hopes to convince people in other cities and municipalities to talk to their local grocery stores and foodbanks to grow the program all across the region.<\/p>\n

For now, he is working alone on the project. \u201cWe\u2019re going to see how this goes \u201csaid Nincheri enthusiastically. \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019ll find volunteers when we need them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The One Item a Week program is in it\u2019s second week of operation at Asselin Independent Grocer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hawkesbury resident Ricardo Nincheri is launching a donation program in collaboration with Asselin Independent Grocer aiming to collect food and other goods for local foodbanks. \u201cWe only can count on each other, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing\u201d said Nincheri. 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