Another successful Safeway campaign in support of Salvation Army in Fort Frances
The Salvation Army is the beneficiary of over $10,000 from the Safeway store in Fort Frances.
The money was raised through donations and corporate contributions received during the store’s Holiday Food Bank campaign, which ran last December.
It nearly matches the money raised in the 2024 campaign.
Store Manager Kiefer Childerhose is appreciative of the customers’ support.
“It’s amazing seeing how generous the customers are in Fort Frances,” says Childerhose.
“It’s nice to see that they’re willing to donate to such a great cause in our community.”
The Salvation Army will use the funds in its food bank.
Auxiliary Captain Arthur Heathcote is thankful to Safeway and its customers.
“It really speaks to people feeling the pinch this year, but still stepping up,” says Heathcote.
“We’re really grateful for Safeway for the amount of community partnership that they engage with the community.”
Heathcote notes that the store donated nearly 15,000 pounds of food to the Salvation Army’s food bank in 2025.
Childerhose says it has come in the form of non-perishables, meat and bread.
Customers have also lent a hand.
“We have our food bank bin at the front of the store. Whenever they can purchase, we have hampers that they can purchase all year round, and that goes towards everything that we donate to the Salvation Army.”
