Meadow Lake Outreach Ministries received $93,932 to purchase a new van for the food bank. (file photo/meadowlakeNOW)

By Ian Roach

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Meadow Lake Food Bank receives grant for a new van

Oct 27, 2022 | 5:00 AM

The Meadow Lake Food Bank is getting a new van.

Meadow Lake Outreach Ministries (MLOM) which operates the food bank, received a $93,932 grant from Food Banks Canada to purchase the van. The new vehicle will replace an older van that is becoming costly to repair. MLOM Executive Director Natanis Budnschuh said they put a lot of money into repairs.

“I’m tired of signing cheques for repairs on the old van. I think we have spent in excess of $15,000 on this van out here,” he said.

The grant will also cover the cost of installing a refrigeration system on the new van to keep donations at the right temperature. The vehicle will continue to be used to pick up food donations from around Meadow Lake. Bundschuh said if they can find the money to pay for it, they would like to start delivering hampers too.

“Ideally, at some point, we would like to have a driver on that could do drop-offs as well. Deliveries. Because we do have a small portion of our food bank clientele that doesn’t have a vehicle,” he said.

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Bundschuh added some of their clientele are housebound and the capacity to do deliveries would help those individuals.

Once Food Banks Canada transfers the money to MLOL, Bundschuh will reach out to local car dealerships to see who can provide the van at a good price and with timely delivery.