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From YouTube: DECEMBER 14 2020 Statements Dan Coulter
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
congratulations
on
your
election
today.
I
want
to
mention
an
innovative
food
security
program
in
chilliwack.
It's
called
extra
fare
food
access
for
restricted
eaters,
christopher
hunt
and
margaret
reed
members
of
chilliwack
citizens
for
change,
envisioned
it
and
run
it
with
100
volunteer
help
as
the
pandemic
struck.
They
even
noted
even
or
they
noticed.
Even
more
people
in
our
community
could
use
food
assistance.
A
Yet
before
and
during
coven
19
times,
many
people
were
not
really
able
to
fully
benefit
from
regular
food
hamper
services.
Folks,
with
dietary
restrictions
such
as
lactose,
intolerance,
celiac
and
gluten-free
needs,
various
allergies
and
so
on
cannot
eat.
Much
of
what
comes
in
standard
hampers
also
most
hampers,
don't
feature
a
lot
of
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables.
A
So
they
decided
to
reduce
barriers
in
chilliwack
by
creating
extra
fare
to
get
the
right
food
to
the
folks
who
need
it,
and
they've
made
a
partnership
with
hofstede's
produce
in
chilliwack
to
increase
fresh
food
content.
There
are
also
other
ways
that
they
do:
food
security
programs
differently
than
they've
been
done
in
the
past.
A
The
service
includes
clients,
self-selecting
product
choices
from
an
inventory
menu
that
they
want
included
in
their
weekly
hampers
clients
can
tailor
their
hamper
to
their
current
needs
and
wants,
and
to
reduce
mobility
barriers.
Volunteers
deliver
hampers
right
to
clients,
doors
chris
and
margaret
were
able
to
create
this
thanks
to
a
partnership
with
bowls
of
hope
and
generous
funding
from
the
united
way
of
the
lower
mainland
grant
via
ecsf
funds
from
the
government
of
canada.
They
hope
that
it
will
be
a
model
that
catches
on
and
spreads.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,.