The eight-week summer program will feed hundreds of local children every day
“Food access is a right, and it’s also a need,” says Deron Barlow, the project coordinator with United Way Harvest Algoma.
They include the mayor, as well as the District of Sault Ste. Marie, the District’s Social Services Administration Board, United Way, Harvest Algoma, Algoma Family Services, the SSM Innovation Centre, Childcare Algoma, the EarlyON Child and Family Centre, and Kids for Kids. “Food is what brings people together,” he says. “It’s what we congregate around. People always have great memories of food, and those memories tie to family and other joyful experiences. Maybe a lunch meal doesn’t, but people need food. The more people we can get healthy meals to, the better.”Barlow explains they’re already seeing a rapid increase in demand since their efforts started up again last week.
Brenda Clarke, the manager of Community Services and Strategic Initiatives with AFS, says food access is crucial for a child’s mental well-being. Volunteers have about two hours of prep in the mornings to make sandwiches and organize the items before everything gets bagged and picked up for 11 a.m.
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