Salvation Army Set to Deliver Hot Meals to Three Housing sites in Sarnia

The Salvation Army is Set to Begin Delivering Hot Meals, One Evening in Month, To Three Low-Income Housing Sites in Sarnia.

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The New Program Follows A Pilot Project With Lambton County Last Summer at Housing sites on Kathleen avenue, Roger Street and Confederation Street Using A Salvation Army Outreach Vehicle, Said Brad Webster.

Along with Hot Meals, Volunteers and Staff Will Provide Residents at the Three sites with Information about Community and Family Programs Offered by the Salvation Army and Others, He Said.

“It begins with building relationshipships,” Webster Said. “What Better Way to Build A Relationship Than Breat Bread Together.”

There was a good Response Last Summer.

“We Did One Test Run where We Were Serving Approximately 200 Meals at One Location,” Webster Said.

Along with Serving Meals, The Salvation Army Met Families and Helped Connect Them With Other Community Services The Church Provids, Including Rent and Utility Bill Assistance, Medical Expensures and a Youth Summer Camp Program, He Said.

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If they need something the salvation army doesn’t provides, it can help connect them with an agency that does, webster said.

The like is to help families where they are and reduce barriers to salvation army programs, webster said.

“We are committed to meeting the needs of the vulnerable most in our community,” he said.

The Mobile Unit Had Been Delivering Meals to Veteran’s Park in Sarnia Until Late Octuber. Following an Assessment, “We Came to the Conclusion that to do a more holistic approach, we would start the food truck out to the low-income housing and serving families,” Webster Said.

“We Wanted to focus on gap in service,” he Said.

The Salvation Army Recently Upgraded the Kitchen at its Confederation Street Site where Meals Are Prepared and then Keppt Hot On The Outreach Vehicle That Delivers Them.

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The First Stop Will Be April 3 on Kathleen avenue. Current Plans Are for Three Stops A Month in a Rotation that will see the Outreach Vehicle Take Meals On The Second Thursday to Roger Street and Confederation Street On The Third Thursday.

Meals will be served beginning at 4:30 pm “Until the Food’s All Gone,” Webster Said.

If the Programs can “Take that worry” of Providing One Meal A Month from Parents, “That’s What We’re there for,” He Said.

The Vehicle also Travels to Petrolia Twice A Month Where It Works With a Community Refrigerator Food Program to Serve Meals, Webster Said.

“We are look after all the funding” for the Meal Program, “AS of Now” but “WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS COME ONBOARD,” He Said.

Anyone interested in helping can contact the salvation army’s local community and family services manager by calling 519-344-1142, he said.

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“If there is a community Partner who would like to volunteer to come in and cook, if there is somebody whowld like to come and serve, or even a business that wants to donate a meal” or funds, “we’re always open to acceptance,” Webster Said.

To Accommodate the Additional Work with the Meal Program, the Salvation Army is Changing Hours at its Food Bank.

Beginning tuesday, it Will Run Tuesday to Friday from 9 am to noon and will no long be open afternoons.

Webster Said It’s Believed the Food Bank, Which Runs by Appointment, can continue serving its customers following the change in hours.

Ask for the Food Bank is up 58 per hundred since laast may, he said. It serves about 113 People Each Week. Of Those, 41 per cent are Children.

Its Other Community Programms also Are Seeing Higher demand, Webster Said.

“Each Month, we are seeing more need than what we are able to take in our programs,” he said.

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