Demand for the Central Okanagan Food Bank has gone up 30 per cent over last year, serving more than 12,000 people each month.
The Central Okanagan Food Bank is putting out the call with the holiday season fast approaching. The organization needs donations and volunteers as it's seeing a significant increase in visits this year. Victoria Femia has more.
“We haven’t noticed a decline at all, we don’t anticipate a decline, but because of the community support we’re hopeful that we can continue to meet the need,” said Speiser. “It’s an income problem more than it is a price problem. Everybody needs to buy food; the problem as I see it isn’t that the price of food is really high, it’s that the price of food went up faster than wages went up,” said Hickey.Here’s how long past Canada Post job actions lasted, and what they cost
“They include special provisions like pancake mix and turkeys and cereals, so we’re really grateful for how the community has supported us and we keep being able to meet the need because of them,” said Speiser.
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