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Rogers supports Food Banks Canada’s Covid-19 response


TORONTO — Rogers Communications is donating one million meals and launching a national awareness campaign to help Food Banks Canada (FBC) in its efforts to raise $150 million to fund the public’s need for food for the next 90 days. FBC directly supports 650 food banks, helping thousands of programs across the country, and some are experiencing up to a 50% decrease in donations with just over two weeks supply left, says the news release. The economic impact of Covid-19 has resulted in funding shortages and an unprecedented surge in demand at food banks, says the release. Rogers says it...