by Admin | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Food Share Call for Volunteers LUSH Valley is in need of volunteers to support our new Food Share program. Opportunities are available to support our Good Food Box hamper assembly and delivery, admin and call centre, as well as a Chef’s Assistant for our Hot...
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 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...
by Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
[Comox Valley, BC, March 30th, 2020 In the last two and a half weeks LUSH Valley Food Action Society (LUSH Valley) and the Comox Valley Food Policy Council (FPC) have been working on an emergency food accessibility response to the pandemic. When food hoarding and...
