Sikh community donates food and cash to Edmonton's Food Bank

Edmonton's Sikh community came together to make a hefty holiday donation for Edmonton's Food Bank last week.

The community collected and gave away over $75,000 besides four tonnes of food to mark the celebration of the 540th anniversary of the birth of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.

The city's Sikh community has already been contributing to the charitable cause. It has now given over $200,000 to Edmonton's Food Bank over the last three years, taking donations at all four local Sikh temples, or Gurdwaras.