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There are some empty shelves at the Salvation Army food bank in Vernon and efforts are being made to fill them.
The Sally Ann's summer food drive takes place all day Thursday at Save-on-Foods at the Village Green mall.
“Feed the Need is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year,” said Lt. Stefan Reid of the Salvation Army.
Reid said Century 21 is sponsoring the event and will have a large van in place by the grocery store. It's hoped people will bring foodstuff and other needed items to the venue between 6 a.m.-6 p.m on July 14th.
“We need a lot of canned goods. Recently we've gone through a lot,” said Reid. “We do about probably about 1,000 hampers a week.”
Other necessary items the food bank is running low on include:
- diapers
- baby formula
- baby wipes
- dry pasta
- tuna
- cheese & crackers
“We need monetary donations but, more importantly food donations, so we can pack our hampers.”
Reid said that sometimes families of ten and 11 people were relying on the hampers.
He said farmers donated fresh produce and bakeries donated bread.
“The need is great here in this city,” Reid said. “Thirty-five per cent of clientele, we're feeding children, and I believe 48 per cent of our clientele is under the age of 18.
“Anything that anyone can help us with, they're more than welcome to drop it off (at the House of Hope downtown) or at our food bank near 24th Avenue (in the north end).”
