Kawartha Food Share to Pillage Peterborough In 'Porch Pirates For Good' Food Drive This Saturday
/Kawartha Food Share (KFS) is pillaging Peterborough for 2025 as part of its ‘Porch Pirates For Good’ food drive to restock its empty shelves, occurring this Saturday.
In the last five years, the campaign brought in over 185,000 pounds of food and over $20,000 in monetary donations. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Households are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch with a flyer sent in mailboxes (or anything that makes the donation easy to identify) for the Porch Pirates to collect starting at 9 a.m.
The number of clients using food banks has reached an all-time high throughout the nation, according to KFS. They continue to state that the rising cost of food and supply chain shortages have affected their clients, donors and purchasing power.
The following are the most needed items requested for donation from KFS:
Peanut Butter
Canned tuna
Canned vegetables and canned fruit
Individually wrapped school snacks
Pasta and pasta sauce
Breakfast cereal
Gluten-free items – like pasta, cookies, oats etc.
Canned soup/stew
Feminine hygiene products
Monetary Donations (can be made online or during item collection)
