by Admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
So much has changed in our world since early March. Words like ‘social distancing’, ‘self-isolation’ and ‘pandemic’ became part of everyday conversations and the focus in our community turned to food security seemingly overnight....
by Admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
LUSH Valley and other food security and frontline services are blocked from accessing the 75% Wage Subsidy under current rules.Please help us to advocate for food security and frontline non-profits. Four weeks ago we saw a dramatic surge in needs regarding food...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
April 15, 2020 — Notes from our Executive Director, Maurita PratoHot Meal Program – We have secured a commercial kitchen and hired a chef to support this initiative. We have already cooked and delivered 700 meals to the vulnerable sector and froze another 200...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2020 | Food Policy Council
These online video forums are presented by Arrow Gonsalves from The House of Now in Downtown Courtenay. Thank you to Arrow for her efforts to help us inform our community of what’s been happening at our organization.Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m.Healthy Eating...
by Admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The sudden onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic … resulting in layoffs, requirements for self-isolation/quarantine, and a myriad of other challenges have resulted in our organization evolving from our grass-roots food security activities to being an emergency...
