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ALBERT BRIDGE, N.S. — The outdoor food cupboards at Albert Bridge Fire Hall and Mira Boat Club are closed because of alleged misuse by one person.
"It's a crying shame that someone is doing this," said Mira Boat Club volunteer Barbara MacKeigan."You're trying to help people out and one person does this. It's a terrible feeling.""It's disheartening," he said during an interview on April 12."One person is taking for themselves what could be 10 meals for people. It is meant to be for everyone, not just one person.
Both organizations have volunteers who keep monitoring the cupboards to make sure they are filled when empty or close to it. These volunteers were used to an established pattern where there would be a few items emptied each time it was filled but never had the full cupboard be emptied within hours of being filled.
Non-perishable food items kept inside the Albert Bridge Volunteer Fire Department are used to restock the outside cupboard. However, the department has closed the outside cupboard and is moving the initiative inside due to misuse. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POSTOn April 11, a firefighter was parked at the Mullins Rite Stop next to the fire department watching the cupboard when a person drove up and cleared everything out of the fully stocked shelves.
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