Chilliwack Salvation Army Food Bank drive still looking for support

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Saturday’s Food Drive will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a series of food stores in Chilliwack:

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• Fraser Valley Meats – 7481 Vedder Road
• FreshCo – 45858 Yale Road
• Safeway – 45610 Luckakuck Way
• Save-On-Foods – 46020 Yale Road
• Save-On-Foods – 45585 Luckakuck Way
• Save-On-Foods – 6014 Vedder Road
• Save-On-Foods – 45635 Tamihi Way
• Superstore – 45779 Luckakuck Way

The struggles come at a difficult time for the organization, which finds it is being relied upon more and more heavily by a growing number of people. “We’re seeing five times as many people using our services on a daily basis,” said Armstong. He says it’s common to see up to five hundred people every day at the Salvation Army Care and Share Centre on Yale Road. “Last year we’d see one hundred.”

Late this week, the organization delivered 1,700 to families in the Chilliwack area. It was a 21 per cent increase in hampers from just last year.

It makes the need all that much more greater. “All of the money raised through the kettle campaign, every cent, is spent in Chilliwack,” said Salvation Army Food Bank coordinator Don Armstrong. “For every dollar we raise, we can purchase two dollars of food.”