The Lake Country Food Bank is trying to store more food items in order to become a hub for smaller food banks in the Okanagan Valley.
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The food bank has applied for a $50,000 grant from the Aviva Canada Fund, an online contest where voters cast their ballots for their favourite projects, to help renovate the organization香蕉视频直播檚 basement.
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The funds will go towards renovating the basement, updating equipment, and keeping up with the new building code costs to be able to handle the increase in food supply.
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The renovated basement will hold more storage space for perishable food items and will allow the food bank to distribute goods to smaller food banks in the Okanagan Valley, the university and to School District 23.
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Thus far, the food bank has already raised half of the funds needed for the renovation, with grants and through donations, said Haxton.
Food Banks Canada has already donated funds for construction and Food Banks BC has donated the cooling equipment, but $280,000 is the minimum total needed to compete the basement.
Voting starts Tuesday, Oct. 10 for the Aviva funds at and continues until Oct. 19. The winners will be announced in December.
carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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