GAP GETS $50,000 FROM CFCA FOR GIFT FOOD CARDS

GRAVENHURST — The pandemic has been good for the GAP as donations continue to pour in.

Marlene Buwalda, manager of Gravenhurst Against Poverty, says that after their application they were awarded $50,000 from Community Food Centres Canada (CFCA) for grocery cards.

She said that the cards will be distributed similar to the Rotary Club’s Care for a Neighbour gift card program the club initiated.

And, said a GAP volunteer, it will also be used once they resume their weekly in-person meal programs.

CFCA’s Good Food Access Fund was set up in response to the COVID-19 crisis to help provide emergency food relief in low-income communities across the country. CFCA spokesperson Kennedy Sherwood said GAP received the funding in late March.

See, here, their press release and the full list of recipients across Canada.

She says it was initially a $3-million fund, but it expanded with support from foundations, corporations, and the federal government, and to date they have granted almost $10 million to 400+ organizations across Canada.