Thiessen Orchards shares apple harvest with local families

Thiessen Orchards of Leamington has donated 12,000 pounds of apples for families who receive services from the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society (WECAS). 

This equates to approximately 1,200 bags of the fall fruit. This generous gift upholds the importance of healthy eating and good nutrition that is so important to positive child development and maintaining strong families.

“Thiessen Orchards was very fortunate to have a bumper crop of apples and we are excited to be in a position that we can donate the additional fruit from our orchard to a great organization like WECAS,” said Andrew Thiessen of Thiessen Orchards. “We believe that WECAS does tremendous work and are aware of the families in our area that would benefit from this healthy snack in their homes. This donation is a small way to give back to the community that supports us all season long.  We appreciate knowing that the apples will be received by the families who will enjoy and benefit from them.”

“All of us at WECAS are extremely grateful to Andrew Thiessen and Thiessen Orchards for this wonderful gift to the families we serve,” said Derrick Drouillard, Executive Director of the WECAS. “We are all about strengthening families and healthy living certainly contributes to overall success and positive outcomes.”