In the push to help the less fortunate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, several volunteers with the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish made multiple trips back and forth from their cars to the Bissell Centre, unloading important items for a Sunday lunch.
Since 1987, volunteers with several local churches have been helping Edmonton’s inner-city population. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they had to stop their weekly sit-down luncheons for the less fortunate — but they still wanted to give back.
Twenty women sewed more than 200 custom bags to hand out — a keepsake for recipients after a nourishing lunch made by volunteers throughout the city. “We’re looking to do our part in the community and that means following the guidelines that are given to