Recycling bin to aid MFRC

Lisa Church, Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) Esquimalt Community Engagement Manager, drops a beverage container into the new Bottle Depot community donation bin at the CANEX convenience store in Colwood. Proceeds from donations will go to support the MFRC’s deployment programs. Photo by Peter Mallett, Lookout

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer ~

It’s big, its blue and it needs some bottles and cans from you.

A new community donation bin for returnable beverage containers at the CANEX Expressmart in Colwood has been established to benefit the Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC).

Recycling firm The Bottle Depot donated a bin and has agreed to collect and sort the drink containers on behalf of the MFRC, with 50 per cent of proceeds going to the non-profit organization’s Deployment Respite Childcare.

“It is wonderful to be involved in this latest project with the MFRC because Bottle Depot is all about connecting with the community and that is what are always striving to do,” said Kelly Gorman, Operations Manager at Bottle Depot.

Each bin holds approximately 1,000 beverage containers, which she said can be worth approximately $100.

Lisa Church, MFRC Community Engagement Manager, says the unique fundraising initiative couldn’t have happened without the help of CANEX Esquimalt manager Sara Johnson.

“This is a wonderful community partnership that will assist the MFRC with desperately needed cash to help run its deployment programs,” said Church.

For more information about the MFRC, its programs and how to donate visit their website at esquimaltmfrc.com. Plus don’t forget to drop off your recyclables!