Kamloops COVID Meal Train marks 555 days, launches campaign to keep charity on track
CBC
For 555 days since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kamloops COVID Meal Train has served food to thousands of people in need.
The group has provided nearly 100,000 free breakfasts, lunches and dinners to those less fortunate with volunteers trying to fill in for other services that were scaled back or shut down during the pandemic.
Volunteer Danica Fletcher says the group wouldn't be able to continue without the help of donations from the community.
"There's such a huge void in communities that there's people on the street that aren't being fed and people on the street that aren't being talked to or looked at or acknowledged even," she said.
The group has now launched a campaign that will last for 55 days, aimed at raising funds and bringing in more food to allow the meal train to keep delivering in Kamloops.
Fletcher says what keeps her helping out is the huge changes she sees in the people who regularly receive meals.
Volunteer Heather McDonald says that due to a city policy, they aren't allowed to serve any food or water on their premises.
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