With layoffs and wage losses, the number of Okanagan residents struggling to make ends meet has grown significantly. And perhaps nowhere is that reality more evident than at the Central Okanagan Food Bank. “There’s never been such a demand as it is right now, that we know of,” said Trevor Moss, executive director of the Central Okanagan Food Bank.
The food bank, which serves both Kelowna and West Kelowna, was founded in 1986 and has recently seen up to a 40 per cent increase in the number of households needing a helping hand. “People are laid off and they are financially strapped,” Moss told Global News.
On Thursday alone, 114 households were booked to pick up food. Those households include 99 children. “We feel for them, we feel for the