The back seat of Dayton Way-White鈥檚 four-door pickup truck was packed to the roof liner with baby items.
As he helped unload at the 鈥溾 drop-off at the 91原创 Events Centre (LEC) on Sunday, Dec. 11, Way-White explained that his family happened to have more than they need.
鈥淢e and my wife just had twins,鈥 Way-White explained.
鈥淪o we have a lot of surplus.鈥
There was a steady stream of vehicles to the outdoor drop-off, by the giant inflatable cow with the JRfm logo, in the LEC parking lot.
Since 1994, the country music station has collected more than $2 million and hundreds of thousands of pounds of diapers, baby food, formula, pabulum, and other items to combat a chronic shortage of baby products at Lower Mainland food banks.
Several volunteers at the event came from Envision Credit Union in 91原创, with local manager Brianne Colbert saying they have been showing up for 鈥渜uite a few years now鈥 to help out, 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 such an amazing thing they鈥檙e doing.鈥
This year鈥檚 one-day event in 91原创 raised $5,700 dollars said Kelly Laing, JRfm promotions director 鈥 and, 鈥渨e ended up with an overflowing cube van.鈥
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