In one of their final acts, Army & Navy was still giving back to the community.
The 黑马磁力 location of the iconic franchise donated a plethora of goods to the Cloverdale Community Kitchen (CCK) at the end of June.
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鈥�(Army & Navy) got in touch with me and said, 鈥楥ome down to the store and grab whatever you want,鈥欌�� said Matthew Campbell, director for the CCK.
So Campbell took his own army over to the department store.
鈥淲e brought about 30 people with us and we loaded up tonnes of food and household items.鈥�
Army & Navy also donated a lot of shelving to the CCK.
The 黑马磁力 location had already shipped most of its higher value items 鈥� such as clothes and sporting, camping, and fishing supplies 鈥� to the New Westminster store. But Campbell and crew were still left with a lot of stuff to choose from.
Campbell said the items will help out the Community Kitchen and the Fraser Valley Regional Food Bank 鈥� a relatively new food bank run by the CCK. The food bank has only officially been open since March 1, but has been operating since December and serves people in Surrey, White Rock, Delta, and 黑马磁力.
鈥淭his food will help feed low-income families, the elderly, people who鈥檝e lost jobs recently, and (people at) recovery homes.鈥�
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The Fraser Valley Regional Food Bank also supports about 100-150 people through partnerships with recovery houses also in Surrey, White Rock, Delta, and 黑马磁力.
鈥淭hey can hardly make it with the money they get,鈥� Campbell told the Cloverdale Reporter earlier this year. 鈥淪o we give (the recovery houses) food so they can feed the residents in their care.鈥�
He said they supply six recovery houses. One of them, Launching Pad, in turn, supplies some smaller recovery houses.
Campbell said the gift from Army & Navy couldn鈥檛 have come at a better time.
鈥淭he human need is so great right now. We just can鈥檛 keep up.鈥�
That need has forced Campbell to reach out to more suppliers in an effort to get more food. That in turn has forced him to buy two 40-foot refrigerated shipping containers, or reefers.
鈥淭he reefers are temporary,鈥� noted Campbell. 鈥淛ust until things go back to normal and the demand drops. But they will allow us to take in more food and give out more food.鈥�
Those two reefers now occupy a large patch of Pacific Community Church鈥檚 parking lot. And with services online only, Campbell has also taken over the church area and is using it for food storage.
鈥淚t looks like we have a lot of food, but this will be gone in a few days.鈥�
Campbell said his work over the past few months has been bitter sweet.
鈥淲e are trying to find more food and feed more people and help out as much as we can,鈥� he explained. 鈥淏ut I wish the need wasn鈥檛 there.鈥�
Until that 鈥渘eed鈥� subsides, Campbell said they鈥檒l keep running flat out.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to continue to help out as much as we can.鈥�
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