After helping the community for more than 30 years, the Central Okanagan Food Bank has removed a barrier from their online application to help even more people in the region.
Normally when you are signing up for services at the food bank, you have to fill out five different sections of their website.
Now, because of COVID-19, potential clients no longer need to fill out the monthly income and expenses form. “It wouldn’t be fair because people have just been laid off,” said Trevor Moss, Central Okanagan Food Bank CEO. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “So we wanted to remove the barriers for those people and to make certain that they can get access to the food we are providing.” Food banks up and