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November 2013
Local Food Bank Heros
Ste. Anne Library Thanks Summer Reading Club Sponsers Bibliothèque Ste. Anne Library would like to thank the following businesses for their generous donation for their Summer Reading Club program... eBytes, Staples, Ste Anne Co-op, Superstore, Pro Hardware, Safeway, Sobeys and Canadian Tire. The prizes were greatly appreciated and the donations made the Summer Reading Program successful. The Summer Reading Club encouraged children to keep up with their reading during the summer and they had fun participating.
Art and Lorraine Sabot with some of their volunteers in front of 204 plus hampers they assemble every other Tuesday. An illness strikes. A sudden layoff at work leaves you stuck. Whatever the reason, sometimes life gets tough and you find it hard to keep food on the table. That’s why Art and Lorraine Sabot started The Life Enrichment Food Bank. With a few outstanding volunteers every other Tuesday they have been making the trip to Winnipeg Harvest from the Richer area to pick up a one ton truck load of food, drive it out to Ste. Genevieve community center, then spend 4 to 5 hours assembling over 204 hampers
to be picked up or delivered to families in Ste. Anne and surrounding areas. They ensure the families in our community, as well as surrounding communities, won’t go without groceries when the need for extra support hits. The food security they provide has been under some stress the past few months. “Recently we have been burdened with food transportation issues, the truck keeps breaking down, 2 tires flew off on the highway on our way back from the city with a load of grocer-
ies... I’m lucky to be standing here today it was very scary,” says Art. The truck has finally been parked because the cost to fix it is just too great. They now have to rent a Uhaul truck on hamper days to ensure the hampers get to the families in need. “This is our busy time of year. When it starts getting cold out our numbers jump due to layoffs and illness. We will just keep on renting the Uhaul to provide the help that is greatly needed in our communities,” says Lorraine.
After all their troubles the Sabots still carry a very positive outlook and never let their trouble discourage them from the task at hand. Art and Lorraine feel that god will provide them with what they need to keep helping the people that need it. The food bank gets little outside support or funding. The food is gathered locally and the balance of it comes from Winnipeg Harvest. If you would like to donate food, children’s presents, or money this Holiday Season, you can contact The Life Enrichment Food Bank at 204878-2511. If you are in need, you can also call the same number.