Barrier-free Community Fridge and Pantry opens in Penticton, B.C.
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It is ‘a take what you need and give what you can’ system and anyone can access the space 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
Another Community Fridge and Pantry has opened in the Okanagan, but this time in Penticton, B.C.
Penticton residents Allison Howard and Dave Corbeil built and opened the space nearly a month after the idea first came to mind.
“In those five weeks we’ve managed to build this thing, assemble it, completely finish it and we had our grand opening on Saturday. It has been kind of a whirlwind of activity,” said Corbiel.
“And as we’re seeing, it continues to be very active. Lots of food going out and lots of food coming in.”
The Community Fridge is a barrier-free outdoor space where people can access food and hygiene products donated by the community. It is ‘a take what you need and give what you can’ system and anyone can access the space 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
“We are not able to take homemade food, things have to be made in a commercial establishment or store-bought and no open packages,” said Corbeil.
“We’re discovering things that seem to go very quickly are things like fruit, vegetables, dairy products are going very quickly and milk, cheese, yogurts.”
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