Optimists' bottle drive raises over $4,700 for Drayton Food Bank

by Wellington Advertiser

Updated April 13, 2020

Optimists' bottle drive raises over $4,700 for Drayton Food Bank — Optimist Bob Eby loads a storage trailer on April 11 during a bottle drive organized by the Optimist Club of Moorefield benefitting the Drayton Food Bank. Submitted photo

MAPLETON - The Optimist Club of Moorefield recently put out a request to Mapleton residents looking for empty deposit bottles and cans they could spare for donation to the Drayton Food Bank.

“Boy, did the community respond,” stated Optimist Dan McIntyre of the April 11 fundraiser.

“Empties were left out at the end of driveways for our members to pickup. Working in teams of one, we rounded up the donations and returned them to a safe sorting area."

The collection raised $4,768 for the local food bank.

“We would like to thank the Mapleton community for once again showing an unrelenting display of solidarity,” club officials stated.