Project of the Heart sends love from Tilbury to Neskantaga – CBC

Community sends enough donated supplies to fill tractor trailer

Mar 06, 2017

Another southern Ontario community has opened its heart to a remote First Nation reserve in the north, collecting a truck load of supplies to donate to residents who struggle to pay for simple things like hygiene products.

Staff at St. Francis Catholic School in Tilbury chose to help out the people of Neskantaga, a fly-in community located in the James Bay lowlands — about 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.

Neskantaga residents have been under a boil water advisory for more than two decades. Getting basic supplies like water and hygiene products is a constant struggle because costs are astronomically high.

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