The 6th annual Romero House food drive is a phenomenal success filling a 53 foot trailer and more.
Donations
of food and cash were accepted in the parking lot of Ritchie's on
Rothesay Avenue for the soup kitchen's only annual food drive.
Carolyn
McNulty tells Tide News everything donated will be used to provide
meals, to help out in a food crisis, to keep their Mobile Unit on the
road and full of supplies and more.
She
tells us the operation is a fine balance between getting the food and
having enough money to pay her staff who she adds do not make big money.
McNulty says a staff of 6 full time and two part time workers keeps everything going smoothly and in harmony.
Cuts,
bruises and some broken bones were among the injuries of about a dozen
people involved in a bus crash on a highway yesterday.
RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 11 near Sainte-Anne-de-Kent.
They say
a bus carrying about 20 people from a senior men's hockey team from
Cap-Pele was driving home from a game in northern New Brunswick when the
driver lost control of the bus.
Police say road conditions were icy at the time of the crash.
(Courtesy of the Canadian Press).
Giving the gift of a forever home during the holiday season.
The
Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue League is teaming up with Iams and over
4,000 animal rescue groups across North America to give animals a "Home 4
The Holidays".
To
encourage adoptions, the SPCA will give a hand painted SPCA Christmas
ornament to whoever adopts a pet with mistletoe on their cage or if you
donate to the shelter. If you donate food or a new toy for the animals,
your name will be entered in a draw for a gift basket.
Californian
Mike Arms is the creator of Iams Home 4 the Holidays adoption campaign,
and he encourages people to give an orphan a chance rather than
supporting a puppy mill. He tells Tide news there's a myth that there's
something wrong with animals that are up for adoption, but it's usually
just that the previous owner couldn't keep them.
Arms
says you need to think seriously before getting a pet, knowing they're a
15 to 16 year commitment. He says people often buy the puppy in the
window on impulse, but a shelter will match the right pet for your
family lifestyle.
Since the Iam Home 4 the Holidays adoption campaign started 13 years ago, over 7 million orphaned pets have been adopted.
