Each year Salvation Army thrift stores across the country run a food drive and the food is then passed onto the the Salvation Army food banks.

This year the Salvation Army thrift store in Langford is breaking the pattern and donating its collected items to the Goldstream Food Bank.

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The store is collecting any non-perishable food items. In previous years the food would be trucked to downtown Victoria, now it will be delivered to a food bank a few blocks away.

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The food drive began Nov. 15 and so far the store has collected one shopping cart full of food.

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The food drive will continue until Dec. 31. Donations can be dropped of at 777 Goldstream Ave.