The Voice of Orléans for years!
May 14, 2026 • Volume 40, No. 1
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St. Peter HS students answer the call yet again
Students at St. Peter High School delivered three bus loads of food items and over $10,000 in cash donations to the Orléans Cumberland Food Bank. FILE PHOTO
By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Over the years, generations of high school students in Orléans have answered the call time and again to raise money for a variety of projects. None more so than the students at St. Peter High School in Fallingbrook who have raised tens of thousands of dollars and collected thousands of food items for the OrléansCumberland Food Bank as part of the school’s annual Canley Cup food drive. Held every spring in late April and early May, the food drive has been an integral part of the St. Peter High School community for more than 25 years. It’s a time when the entire student body joins forces to collect non-perishable food items and monetary donations for the food bank. This year, the students managed to collect
over 20,000 food items and more than $10,000. It’s the most items and dollars raised since the start of the COVID pandemic. Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre project manager Julie Perkins says the donations will help the OCCRC provide emergency food supplies to residents who need them over the summer and into the fall. “It’s the second biggest food drive of the year after the Ottawa Firefighters’ annual Christmas food drive,” says Perkins. “It allows us to feed families for at least the next three to four months,” says Perkins. “We’re fortunate to have such a generous community and students who know the value of taking care of each other and helping each other out.” So far this year, the food bank has provided emergency food assistance to an average of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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