The B.C. government is providing a $3 million emergency grant to the province’s food banks as they struggle amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The province said Sunday the money will be given from the Community Gaming Grants program to Food Banks BC, which will distribute the funds to its members.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing said in a statement that the money will support food banks in their immediate needs to buy and distribute food, pay employees and cover other essential costs. “We know that many British Columbia families count on food banks to supplement their weekly grocery needs,” parliamentary secretary for poverty reduction Mable Elmore said. “To help ensure that people continue to have access to the food they
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