Ten years ago, Calgary friends Irene Pffefel and Lorna Shaw started a peanut butter drive for the Calgary Food Bank. This year they are aiming to break their 807 kg record.
WATCH: Irene Pfeffel and Lorna Shaw started a humble peanut butter drive 10 years ago in support of the Calgary Food Bank . As Joelle Tomlinson reports, what started as a tiny spoonful has grown into a mountain of generosity.For the past 10 years, they have been turning jars of peanut butter into lifelines for local families, all through an annual peanut butter drive for the Calgary Food Bank .
The friends of almost 50 years started the drive in 2014, collecting 33 kg of the popular spread in the first year. Since then they have transformed this humble act into a powerful annual event.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.Click to share quote on Twitter: "Now, it's just amazing to see how much we collect each year.
This year, Irene and Lorna have already collected 450 kg of peanut butter and are hoping to break their record with about two months still to go before their December delivery.
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