News Items for September 2009

Hungry? So are many others…Just ask the Food Bank

Posted by kylie on September 30th, 2009 under Breakfast, Food Bank, Food Drive, Nature's Path, Vancouver.

Last week I visited the kind folks at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank and learnt some troubling facts about how many people are going hungry in our fine city. In fact, each week 25,000 Vancouverites visit the Food Bank and 10,000 of those are children. It’s shocking to me that without the Food Bank, each week 10,000 children would go hungry in a city as wealthy as ours.

Back-to-School: Recipe for Success

Posted by Anonymous on September 17th, 2009 under Back-to-school.

For many parents, back-to-school presents mixed emotions tipping the balance in favor of anxiety…. There’s one part elation: Yeah, they are back in school! But two parts Concern: