OFSJ founder Patrick Gordon (Image: Operation Feed SJ)
Patrick Gordon, founder of Operation Feed SJ, (OFSJ) is determined to erase poverty in Saint John, one bag of food at a time.
Gordon, a retired army veteran of three Afghanistan tours, was looking for ways to get involved in the community and was inspired after learning children in high poverty areas often rely on getting food through their schools.
“With the schools being shut down at the beginning of the pandemic and then moving forward with the continuous rotation of red, yellow, I just thought — ‘There’s no way that people that are in poverty are able to get substantial food to live by,’” said Gordon.