Food drive happening this month for Red Deer Food Bank
There’s good news and bad news at the Red Deer Food Bank. The good news is that demand has eased a little bit in recent months. The bad news is that the demand is still substantial and it has been a long, lean summer. Shelves are getting empty at the food bank and staff has had to go out and purchase food to meet the needs of area residents.
Even though demand has eased, many people in Red Deer need the assistance of the food bank.
“For the year of 2018, so far, we have fed just under 10,000 adults and over 7000 children,” says executive director, Fred Scaife. “Just for the month of August alone, we fed 1192 adults and 850 children. With the fall food drive around the corner this will help to sustain us through the next few months.”
On September 29, local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be participating in a food drive to assist the Red Deer Food Bank in filling its shelves. Yellow bags will be delivered throughout the north side of Red Deer on September 26. Residents are asked to place their non-perishable food bank donations in the bags and put them on their front step for pick-up between 10 a.m. and noon on the morning of Saturday, September 29.