{"id":149990,"date":"2025-09-17T08:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/149990\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:21:36","slug":"a-new-era-for-the-cfl-and-purolator-tackle-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/149990\/","title":{"rendered":"A NEW ERA FOR THE CFL AND PUROLATOR TACKLE HUNGER"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TORONTO (September 16, 2025) \u2013 The Canadian Football League (CFL) and Purolator are building upon a successful 22-year partnership by uniting like never before to champion food security. \u200b <\/p>\n

The evolution of the partnership will see increased support from all nine CFL teams, while opening new opportunities for innovative initiatives that best suit each region\u2019s unique priorities and needs. This year, Purolator Tackle Hunger becomes the Official Food Drive of the CFL, while introducing an Ambassador Program, which will elevate select players to work more closely with Purolator. The renewed partnership will also include community and amateur football Purolator Tackle Hunger Red Bag food drives, more collections of food donations at stadiums, Stuff-a-Truck campaigns at local grocery stores and more. <\/p>\n

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\u201cFor over two decades, it\u2019s been incredible to see our CFL family and Purolator come together in support of such an important cause,\u201d said CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston. \u201cFood insecurity affects far too many Canadians, and everyone \u2013 fans, players, teams and, of course, our friends at TSN and RDS \u2013 has truly leaned in, but there\u2019s more to be done. We\u2019ll continue working with Purolator to explore new avenues to deepen our impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

The renewed partnership comes at a time when food insecurity is affecting more Canadians than ever before. The latest Food Banks Canada\u2019s HungerCount<\/a> report indicates that in March 2024, there were over two million visits to food banks in Canada \u2013 the highest number in history \u2013 representing a six per cent jump compared to March of the previous year, and a 90 per cent increase compared to 2019. Of those food bank clients, 33 per cent were children, representing nearly 700,000 visits. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs food insecurity rises at an alarming rate, we\u2019re proud to strengthen our partnership with the CFL to continue delivering more for those in need,\u201d said John Ferguson, CEO and President, Purolator. \u201cFor 22 years, Purolator and the CFL have tackled hunger as a team, and now we\u2019re ready to keep rushing forward. Together, we can ensure food banks are stocked, Canadians can feed their families, and that we bring awareness to the growing hunger crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fan-favourite Purolator Tackle Hunger Game Day Food Drive, where fans are invited to bring non-perishable food items or monetary donations in support of local food banks, returns with a more focused and concerted effort. Since its inception in 2003, Purolator Tackle Hunger has delivered more than 25 million pounds of food to Canadian food banks, with last year raising 2.4 million pounds alone.<\/p>\n

Canadians can help tackle hunger anytime by donating online at\u202fpurolatortacklehunger.com<\/a>\u202for by bringing non-perishable food donations to any Purolator Shipping Centre<\/a> across Canada.
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\u200bABOUT PUROLATOR
\u200bPurolator Inc. is a leading integrated freight, package and logistics solutions provider. Delivering its customers\u2019 promises since 1960, Purolator continues to expand its reach, renowned service levels and reliability to more people, more businesses and more places across Canada and around the world, utilizing 200+ facilities across Canada and 30+ branches in the United States. Purolator is committed to contributing to the well-being of the communities it serves and where more than 14,000 of its employees live, work and play.
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\u200bABOUT PUROLATOR TACKLE HUNGER\u00ae
\u200bAs part of Purolator\u2019s commitment to helping alleviate hunger in the communities where it operates, the organization works closely with its employees, partners, customers, Canadian food banks and charitable organizations to collect food and monetary donations. Together, we also help raise awareness about the issue of food insecurity. Since the inception of Purolator\u2019s employee-led grassroots program over 20 years ago, Purolator Tackle Hunger\u00ae has helped deliver more than 25 million pounds of food to Canadian food banks. For more information, visit purolatortacklehunger.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
\u200b\u200bBuilt on a foundation of more than 110 years of football tradition and history, the Canadian Football League features nine teams, millions of fans and a commitment to service to the community, as well as elite sport. To stay up to date with CFL news, visit\u00a0CFL.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (September 16, 2025) \u2013 The Canadian Football League (CFL) and Purolator are building upon a successful 22-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-149990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}