FREE October 23, 2015 | Volume 6, No.13 FREE October 23, 2015 | Volume 6, No.13 River RiverTALK TALK New food bank gets up and runningBy Jackie Pearase By Jackie Pearase Enderby knows how to roll with the punches. Faced with the discontinuation of support...
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FREE October 23, 2015 | Volume 6, No.13 FREE October 23, 2015 | Volume 6, No.13 River RiverTALK TALK New food bank gets up and runningBy Jackie Pearase By Jackie Pearase Enderby knows how to roll with the punches. Faced with the discontinuation of support from the Salvation Army, the Enderby Community Food Bank has been restructured into the Feed Enderby & District Food Bank, or FED. The Vernon-based Sally Ann informed food bank volunteers in an Oct. 1 letter that it was no longer able to carry the Enderby food bank under its umbrella due to its own structural and financial challenges and Enderby’s accumulated deficit of more than $6,000 for bills and food. It has withdrawn its financial and staff support and has forgiven the outstanding debt. The Food Action Committee for Today & Tomorrow (FACT), which has been addressing Enderby’s food insecurity needs for several years, quickly pulled together a meeting and began forming a plan. “We need to not dwell on the past and recognize our st
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