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Kitchen on track
The Cloverdale Community Kitchen will open in November By Jennifer Lang Community Church, were serving Walking into Cloverdale’s Pacific up 70 to 100 hot meals a week out Community Church, it’s obvious of facilities that were completely inadequate. something big is going on. Meals were prepared at homes Along with the day-to-day hum of activity in meeting rooms and or purchased from grocery stores, a situation that was limoffices, there’s the occaiting and not cost-effecsional burst of saws and tive. drills. But there’s no need Then there’s the wall to look at the plans and of plywood blocking off try to visualize the new a good section of the space – a life-sized mock main foyer – it’s covered up using real compoin photos and building nents has been set up plans, and a sign readin the church’s roomy ing: Future Site of the warehouse. It’s already Cloverdale Community possible to take a virtual Kitchen. tour. Behind the wall lays There’s a professional an ambitious communiAlan Caldwell dishwashing system, ty outreach project that’s commercial grade oven, been nearly a year in the restaurant-grade stove making. And, if all goes according to and grill, steamer, and 20-gallon schedule, the new, commercial- soup still. There’s also a cold storage area grade community kitchen will be serving up its first hot meals by the and pantry. “It’s going to be a pretty good end of November. According to Alan Caldwell, di- kitchen,” says Caldwell, who runs rector of facilities, three different his own company, B.C. Condo church groups, including Pacific Advocate – a project management
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Heidi Smith of HS Plumbing was part of a crew working on the new community kitchen last week at Pacific Community Church.
company for leaky condo cases – and who also designed the kitchen. “We have all the equipment. We have everything here. We’re just waiting to get various approvals. Construction began Sept. 14. Last week, a small crew was installing electrical and plumping. The church started fundraising about a year ago after a unanimous decision to go ahead in building a ‘Food Safe’, commercial kitchen to provide a facil-
ity for the church and other concerned community groups. The campaign was already going well when the project received a major boost in the form of donated new and second-hand kitchen equipment. Most came from a single donor. “It really took us over the top,” Caldwell said. “It was like God saying to our congregation, ‘I’m serious about this, so let’s get on with it.’”
Racks of storage shelving house plates, dishes, mugs, coffee carafes, utensils, serving dishes, table cloths – everything needed to serve hot meals cooked on the premises. “With what we took out of our existing kitchen we have more than enough,” he said. Anything surplus has been given to other charities, such as a batch
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Poppy campaign gets underway By Jennifer Lang Squinting in the bright afternoon sunlight Tuesday Ken Marjoram settled in for his first shift of the 2013 Poppy Campaign. The Second World War veteran served seven years with the British Royal Navy, signing up at 15, and seven more with the Merchant Marine Navy. Marjoram is just one member of the dedicated team of volunteers who are selling poppies for the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 6 in Cloverdale, where he sits on the Branch executive. Leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, veterans and Legion members will be out at various locations in Cloverdale and area, including the IGA at Clover Square Village, and the IGA at Highway 10 and 152 Street, the London Drugs at 64 Avenue and 176 Street, the PriceSmart at 64 Avenue and 176 Street, Extra Foods at Fraser Highway and 187 Street, the liquor store
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