The Food Cupboard will be operated out of a classroom off the cafeteria at Brookfield High School. The school has been working on this project along with other community members. The cupboard will be open on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 8pm. As we prepare to open, we are looking for volunteers and mostly we are in need of non-perishable food. This project is a supplement to the Heron Emergency Food Centre which Riverside has supported for a number of years.
Riverside’s involvement in this project goes back to 2017-18 when we did the Mission Forward process. Part of that process was to meet with 24 community partners to discern needs and food security was one of the priorities that we identified. It has taken awhile to get some traction on a project, but we are now there. In our Mission Statement (that came out of the Mission Forward process) we identified that part of our mission is “to build partnerships of mutuality and hope in the neighbourhood and beyond.”
The Steering Committee for BCFC has been meeting each week, and those meetings give me energy as connections are made and new possibilities imagined.
In support of the BCFC, Riverside will be having a food drive on Sunday, April 21st. We invite you to bring food items to church next week or drop them off during the week. The preferred donated items, are items that can be combined to create a full meal:
Pasta & Sauce
Cereal, breakfast items
Soups, crackers
Canned tuna, meat, vegetables and fruit
School snacks
Side dishes
Staples: rice, beans and legumes, peanut butter, jam, cooking oil, dried fruit.
Living faithfully in the spirit of Christ to make a loving difference in the world.
