Westside Community Food Bank
Kelowna and Westside food banks announce merger
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Citing cost and operational efficiencies, the Kelowna and Westside community food banks have announced they are merging to form the Central Okanagan Community Foodbank. Lenetta Parry, already the executive director of both organizations, says the move was prompted by usage rates that remain stubbornly high. “Locally foodbank usage is up 20 per...
Thieves try to break-in to Food Bank in West Kelowna
"ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A FOOD BANK IS NOT COOL!" WEST KELOWNA – An attempted break-in at the Westside Community Food Bank on the weekend has left staff and volunteers shaking their heads. The Food Bank’s executive director Lenetta Perry says someone damaged a side door trying to get into the building twice Saturday night....