Funding will allow Our Place to serve lunch on weekends

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Our Place will now be able to serve food on weekends thanks to a grant from the Victoria Foundation.  Two great organizations working together to aid those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

Weekends often mean two days of hunger for those living on Victoria’s streets, but a grant from the Victoria Foundation means lunches will soon be available on Saturdays and Sundays at Our Place. The six-month program – which kicks off this Saturday, just in time for the cold weather – is like Christmas coming early, said Don Evans, Our Place executive director.

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Funding+will+allow+Place+serve+lunch+weekends/7632746/story.html#ixzz2DjFhKWxI

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Source: Times Colonist

Author: Judith Lavoie

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