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After an out-of-the-blue phone call, it took just two weeks for two of Montreal’s most dependable non-profit community groups to hatch a plan to feed up to 370 homeless people a night, every night, until a temporary emergency shelter at Hôtel Place Dupuis downtown closes.
The first of 2,600 snack boxes per week, sourced, cooked and packaged by the Depot Community Food Centre, arrived at the shelter run by the Welcome Hall Mission last Wednesday, ensuring that vulnerable Montrealers seeking a warm bed also have something in their stomachs.
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