Demand for Kelowna food bank rises 30% over last year

The Central Okanagan Food Bank is busier than ever before.

“Our numbers support going up due to the fact that ostentation is not going down,” said Trina Speiser, Central Okanagan Food Bank.

Demand for the Central Okanagan Food Bank has gone up 30 per cent implicit past year, serving much than 12,000 radical each month.

“We haven’t noticed a diminution astatine all, we don’t expect a decline, but due to the fact that of the assemblage enactment we’re hopeful that we tin proceed to conscionable the need,” said Speiser.

According to Canada’s 2024 Food Price Report, the mean household of 4 is expected to walk much than $16,000 connected nutrient successful 2024, a $700 summation from past year.

“Food prices person not gone down nutrient terms ostentation remains somewhat higher than wide inflation,” said Ross Hickey, Associate Economics Professor.

According to Hickey, the occupation mightiness not needfully beryllium nutrient ostentation connected its own.

“It’s an income occupation much than it is simply a terms problem. Everybody needs to bargain food; the occupation arsenic I spot it isn’t that the terms of nutrient is truly high, it’s that the terms of nutrient went up faster than wages went up,” said Hickey.

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With market prices retired of scope for many, the Central Okanagan Food Bank is putting unneurotic hundreds of vacation hampers to administer to families successful need.

“They see peculiar provisions similar pancake premix and turkeys and cereals, truthful we’re truly grateful for however the assemblage has supported america and we support being capable to conscionable the request due to the fact that of them,” said Speiser.

On apical of the hampers the nutrient slope is besides holding a turkey drive, with a extremity of collecting 500 turkeys.

“We person a turkey thrust coming up connected Nov. 30 we’re asking radical to driblet disconnected a turkey oregon ham. It’s going to beryllium happening close present successful our Kelowna determination from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.”