Nanaimo’s Salvation Army might abandon its meal program, leaving a big gap in food security
The Salvation Army’s Nanaimo director of services Rob Anderson recently told the Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness that the organization faces a funding problem. Unless it can get other community organizations to help fund its meal programs, the Sally Ann may need to close them down altogether. City of Nanaimo social planner John Horn told The Nanaimo Daily News that the meal programs at New Hope Centre became a victim of their own success, with the numbers of people accessing meals increasing over time. (more…)
The 7-10 Club provides hot breakfasts and bagged lunches to poor and needy people in Nanaimo five days a week. The organization has weathered changes over the years and recently enhanced its services with the addition of a new kitchen.
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A Nanaimo-based advocacy group, the Creative Awareness Collective, is challenging a recent fee attached to the lunches served at The Salvation Army’s New Hope Centre. The Pennies from Heaven campaign aims to stop the fee. The group is also speaking up about practices at Nanaimo’s emergency shelters.