LONDON, ONT. The owners of a popular lunch spot downtown are reaching out for help after personal health concerns, the pandemic, and a whopper of a rent increase forced the closure of the family business. I appreciate all the customers who supported us, said Eddie Manuel, who owns and operates Eddie’s Fresh Grill with his wife Maha. The business, inside a trailer that Eddie built himself, is located in the corner of a parking lot at Queens Avenue and Talbot Street. It’s been a mainstay for hungry downtown dwellers. Early last year Eddie was diagnosed with stage four liver disease and kidney disease, requiring a double transplant.
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Busines came through
On behalf of the Business Cares food drive committee, I would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to the London community for helping us raise an astonishing 271,000 kilograms of food for the London Food Bank.
This is a 34 per cent increase over last year. We set no goal for our 21st year, not wanting to put any pressure on the community or our committee during the pandemic. We asked for businesses and people to donate, but only if they were able.
The food collected the past month from more than 500 businesses, their employees and the community will satisfy the needs of the food bank and 28 other social agencies and programs throughout the winter.
LONDON, ONT. This year has been an interesting one to say the least. With that, many people have found some great ways of dealing with not being able to spend time with friends. Meet Brandon Eedy, the Talent Buyer and Production Manager at London Music Hall who found a way to bring people together – through music.
Brandon Eedy hosts Rock and Roll BINGO to help connect people and support businesses through the pandemic (Source: Whitney South) Eedy, who has been producing concerts and events in London for the past twenty years has been keeping people busy virtually with his Rock & Roll BINGO events.
Author of the article: Joe Belanger
Publishing date: Dec 22, 2020  â¢Â December 22, 2020  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â Grand Theatre in London, Ont. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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Itâs the actorâs job to fuel laughter, heartache, happiness, comfort and joy.
Thatâs just what Jan Alexandra Smith wants to bring Tuesday to the Grand Theatreâs virtual holiday show, Comfort and Joy, which will stream free of charge at 7 p.m. in the hope of raising money for London Food Bank.
LONDON, ONT. Londoners came through in a big way Thursday for Virgin Radio and Pure Country London’s ‘One Stop Holiday Drop’ event. Several hundred Londoners lined up in vehicles to drop off toys in support of Tots for Toys along with food donations for the Business Cares Food Drive in support of the London Food Bank. Londoner Dave Cambridge came with a car loaded with toy donations, which he said he was dropping off for his daughter Kaitlin Cambridge. “It actually isn’t my haul. It was my daughter’s. She’s been doing a charity a month for the 2020 year. And this was her last charity for the year. She couldn’t make it so I picked them all up from her house and brought them over here.”