A Metro Vancouver non-profit is using an app to rescue food and help tackle food insecurity, an issue that has been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vancouver Food Runners volunteers with a delivery load. The organization has redistributed over 195,000 meals since the start of the pandemic. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Food Runners
One of the early offers to Vancouver Food Runners came from a coffee shop that closed due to the pandemic and a load of milk and cream that would have been wasted was instead picked up by a volunteer and brought to a food hub.
It’s one of many stories in the short history of the organization, which started matching food donations from businesses to charities in March 2020. The group tugged at the heart of volunteer Dave Major, who picked up the load of milk and cream and brought it to KidSafe BC.