Five and 10 cents at a time, one local business is helping needy groups fill their coffers.
May 28, 2010 – By Heather Colpitts, Langley Advance
Thirst is good for the Langley Bottle Depot and several local community groups.
The bottle depot staff spends each day surrounded by pop cans and juice bottles and jugs as they sort, compress and ship off these former food containers that are now being turned into cash for many local community groups.
In 2009, the operation took in 17.421 million containers with deposits on them.
Many of those empty containers went to help community groups.
When someone drops off bottles but doesn’t want the cash back, the funds can be earmarked for a cause of the customer’s choice or divided up between different groups.
The Langley depot, on Industrial Avenue, has more than 120 fundraising accounts on the books and also does campaigns for emergency causes. The depot recently ran a six-week campaign to raise funds for Haitian earthquake relief, sending $1,000 to the Red Cross.
The depot staff also have their own pet cause, the World Partnership Walk. Organized by the Aga Khan Foundation, the walk takes place in communities around the world, including 10 Canadian cities.
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