Doubled food demand putting strain on Winnipeg shelter – Winnipeg | 24CA News
Siloam Mission in Winnipeg says the quantity of people that are available in for meals help has nearly doubled since final fall and it’s placing a pressure on the shelter.
There has been a lower in meals donations this yr and the shelter’s CEO Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud says they’ve added $140,000 to the funds this yr only for meals.
“We used to say that we kind of had anywhere from 5 to 7 days of food on hand, and now we’re down to 2 to 3. It’s the first time that we’ve had to budget a significant increase in food because the donations are down at the same time that the amount of food that we need to get out the door to folks has significantly increased.”
The shelter’s total deficit now stands at $750,000 and they’re averaging round 15,000 meals a day.
Next Friday, The Stories of Hope radiothon shall be held on Corus radio stations together with 680 CJOB, Power 97, and Pegg 99.1. The shelter is hoping the generosity of Manitobans will come via.
“We definitely don’t want to consider reducing the amount of services that we offer to folks because we know that people are relying on them.” stated Blaikie Whitecloud.
“We’re really hopeful that this deficit can not be a problem that actually exists throughout the whole course of the year. We really hope that we can break the bread enough that it can feed all the mouths that need it.”
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