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Oct 30th 2011, 01:30

An Ontario food bank is $15,000 richer thanks to local lad Justin Bieber and one well-placed Tweet. The teen idol recently arranged for a hefty donation to the House of Blessing food bank in Stratford, Ont. during an interview on the U.S. entertainment magazine Access Hollywood. Host Billy Bush said he would donate $5,000 to the charity of Bieber's choice on condition that he call on his 13.8 million Twitter followers to also follow Bush. All this follows a separate $10,000 donation the 17-year-old singer made to the food bank a few weeks ago. "It's really exciting to hear Justin's thinking of Stratford again," said operations co-ordinator Laura Davies. The food bank helps about 5,000 people per year around Stratford, a small town in southwestern Ontario where Bieber lived before hitting it big. Organizers expect that will go much easier because of the "Bieber bump." Bieber is a "good man," Bush said later on Twitter. "Really solid, funny and shook every hand in the room. Class act." Video at the Source