In honour of Operation Manna’s 75^th Anniversary – LET’S FILL THE BLUE TRUCK !!

The Bomber Command Museum of Canada encourages people to gather non-perishable food items from April 29th to May 9^th and bring it to the museum on Saturday.

• Pasta (canned or dry) and pasta sauces.
• Canned meats and fish.
• Meat alternatives (peanut butter, soy, assorted nuts)
• Canned goods (beans, soups, and stews)
• Dairy (canned, and powdered milk)
• Canned vegetables and fruit
• Cereal – Oatmeal, dry boxed cereal

The museum will then give it to the Nanton Food Bank or Veteran’s Food Bank.

Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops, carried out to relieve a famine in German-occupied Netherlands,

undertaken by Allied bomber crews during the final days of World War II in Europe.

Wikipedia Dates: Apr. 29, 1945 – May 8, 1945

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