Salvation Army Regina offers free lunches to help offset summer food insecurity

The Salvation Army successful Regina is offering free lunches astatine nan North Central Family Centre.

“The request for feeding successful nan community, successful our centers, it’s specified a large woody correct now. The homelessness, nan poorness levels are astatine specified an summation that we’re seeing truthful overmuch request correct now, truthful overmuch request for help,” said Chris Harris, Salvation Army navigator and room squad lead.

Harris said that nan biggest summation successful clients he is seeing is pinch children and pinch schoolhouse being retired for nan summertime galore children suffer immoderate resources for food.

The City of Regina and Regina Education and Action connected Community Hunger (REACH) person collaborated up to thief these children successful need.

“It’s really important to thief capable that gap. Like I said, a batch of nan clip schools are getting nan lunches, but to beryllium capable to capable that spread successful nan summertime erstwhile kids don’t person nan aforesaid programming, it’s important,” said Matt Liesle, REACH executive director.

The Regina nutrient slope says nan bets 2 ways to thief is by volunteering aliases by donating.

“We’re a hustling bustling spot afloat of volunteers. The situation is raising capable funds, to provender each those kids, because we’re funded by (the) government, truthful our expertise to provender complete 17.000 group is acknowledgment to everything from piggy banks to corporations.” Said Regina Food Bank Vice President, David Froh.

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Froh said that half of nan nutrient banks clientele is children.

The North Central Family Centre said that donating to organization organizations helps support their doors unfastened and helps them thief others.

“Food insecurity is simply a immense problem successful our community, a batch of group either can’t spend nutrient aliases nan astir nutritious nutrient and tin beryllium going beryllium going without,” said Kim Wegner, North Central Community Centre director.

“To cognize that your kid is getting a lunch, snack and supper location is astir apt bid of mind for those that are struggling to put nutrient connected nan table.”