First, We now have a gas stove and fryer in our kitchen. Due to a generous donor we have converted our kitchen to gas. For those of you who have experienced cooking with gas, it is an amazing upgrade.
Second, The amazing truck you see in the picture above, is ours. It was donated to us by Hockey Helps the Homeless, and the graphics were donated by Pazazz Printing. This means, no more beloved green bus. With the food supplies we have been receiving, the green bus was becoming very impractical.
And last but not least, we have now expanded our space, officially, to 9,000 sq. feet. We were unofficially using 4,000 that the landlord couldn't rent. In the last year we grew to the point where we couldn't live without it. In the last month, he found a renter, but wanted to give us first shot at it. After much discussion we arrived at an amazing deal, that only adds $2000 a month to our rent. We are very happy that we no longer live under the cloud of "will he rent it?" This does create other challenges, like raising the funds to pay for it. We are trusting that this will work out.
We are now serving between 185 & 200 families every week. Sometimes I wonder how we got here. It is daunting and yet also very exciting to see that we can make a difference in people's lives by showing them love, through the very practical act of providing food.
Thank you to all who serve here, whether in action or with financial support. We could not make a difference without you.
Peace,
K
