A Saskatoon youth shelter forced to close amid the COVID-19 pandemic was dropping off food for some of its young clients at their homes.
But the executive director says the youth were calling, saying their parents didn’t have anything to eat. “We started packing extra for their families,” Don Meikle, executive director of EGADZ, told Global News. “We were getting very nervous about how we were going to feed all these people.” For almost 30 years, EGADZ has offered shelter to children and families who need it, with a drop-in centre, outreach services and other programming, including for those on social assistance.
Meikle said that, when the shelter closed on March 24, the staff wanted to keep helping their clients and began delivering food.