The Lake Country Food Bank is feeding the hungry with a helping hand from Rick’s Heart Foundation.
The foundation, with support from GlobalMedic and Manatoulin, will donate a full trailer of pantry staple foods to five food banks in B.C.
GlobalMedic supports food bank systems with McAntony’s Menu, a domestic version of the food program. They donated rice, barley, lentils, and peas.
A total of 1,688 boxes of food were donated equalling a whopping 40,558 pounds of food. Hygiene items were also donated.
The other food banks that benefited from the donations are the Yarrow Food Hub, the White Rock/South Surrey Food Bank, the Whistler Food Bank, and the Capital Region Food Share Network in Victoria.
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