This Saturday, July 9, before Toronto FC kick-off against Chicago Fire, Purolator and Toronto FC are partnering to host a Purolator Tackle Hunger® Game Day Food Drive to help alleviate hunger in the local community. All donations received will go to Daily Bread Food Bank.

Soccer fans attending the match this weekend are encouraged to show their support by bringing a minimum of three non-perishable food items or by making a $5 cash donation to the volunteers located at all open gates. In addition, for every corner kick that happens during the game, Purolator will donate 250 pounds to support the food drive.

This is Purolator’s tenth year teaming up with Toronto FC to raise food for Toronto and its communities. To date, the partnership has raised a total of 106,400 pounds of food for Daily Bread Food Bank.

When:                  July 9, 2016 from 6:30-8 p.m.

Where:                BMO Field, all gates for food and cash collection.

About Purolator Tackle Hunger®

Hunger is an important issue that affects Canadians across the country. According to Food Bank Canada’s 2015 HungerCount report, more than 852,000 Canadians – more than one-third of them children – visit food banks every month. As part of its commitment to helping alleviate hunger in the communities where it operates, Purolator Inc. works closely with its employees, partners, agents, customers and food banks across Canada to collect donations and help raise awareness about the issue of hunger in Canada. Since its inception in 2003, the Purolator Tackle Hunger® program has helped deliver the equivalent of more than 9 million pounds of food to food banks across Canada.