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A baseball writer returns to the Rogers Centre, as a food bank volunteer. The greed in the game is nowhere to be found

Title (Dublin Core)

A baseball writer returns to the Rogers Centre, as a food bank volunteer. The greed in the game is nowhere to be found

Description (Dublin Core)

A news article discussing a journalist's experience switching from reporting on sports to volunteering for Food Banks Canada. the Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays, left largely vacant by the shut down of professional sports, has been turned into a massive warehouse for the accumulation of goods for Canadian food banks which are seeing a shortfall in donations during the pandemic. There is also a shortfall in volunteers which is being filled by Blue Jays' staff and reporters among others.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 17, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Laura Armstrong

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Toronto Star

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Community & Community Organizations
English Community Service
English Food & Drink
English NGOs (non-profits)

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

food bank
volunteer
baseball
Toronto
Rogers Centre
Step Up to the Plate
Food Banks Canada

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

business
foodbank
food security
volunteering

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Canada

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/17/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/20/2020
03/12/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

06/17/2020

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This item was submitted on June 17, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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