Coupon donations add up $2 by $2 for B.C. food banks

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$2 donations can make a real difference in the fight against hunger in BC.

The number of children — or what he calls “innocent victims” — relying on food banks hits home the hardest with Brent Palmer. B.C. food banks are helping 96,000 people each month, about 30 per cent of them children, says Palmer, who heads the Mustard Seed initiative and has been involved in the field for 30 years.

Read the article: Coupon donations add up $2 by $2 for B.C. food banks

Source: Times Colonist

Author: Jeff Bell

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