Londoners flexed their charitable muscles amid the COVID-19 pandemic in support of the London Food Bank’s annual spring food drive.
The 33rd edition of the campaign kicked off April 3 and amassed 188,696 pounds of food by Monday, the drive’s final day, according to Jane Roy, co-executive director of the London Food Bank.
The tally — more than double that from last year’s drive — includes online monetary donations that will be used to purchase food as well as physical food donations made over the course of the campaign.
In a bid to flatten the curve amid the pandemic, the London Food Bank announced earlier this month that this year’s spring food drive would be largely online, with virtual donation bags and monetary donations replacing