A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 22, 1997 Coupon plan benefits churches’ food bank THE TERRACE Churches Food Bank expects to benefit from a provincial government program giving food shop- pers a painless way to render assistance, Called B.C. Sharing, coupons worth $2 are placed at cash registers and shoppers can add the amount to their bills using cash, cheque, direct payment or credit card. The coupons are added up the end of each month and a credit is given to the food bank. B.C, Sharing is a trial program to be evaluated the end of December but Christine Simmons of the Terrace Churches Food Bank-hopes it will be well-received and continued. “It’s only been in stores a short while but it is a help,” she said last week. The introduction of the coupons here fits well with the start up efforts of the food bank to gather money and dona- tions for its first food distribution of the scason next month. “We couldn’t open last April because we didn’t have any money so this will be a big help,’’ said Simmons. The food bank needs approximately $5,000 a month in| cash and donations for the five months it operates cach year. it begins in November and continues until April by dis- tributing food one week cach month, The food bank doesn’t operate in December as that’s the time for the Sal- vation Army’s Christmas hamper program. There is one hook to B.C. Sharing and it’s that the credit must be spent on B.C. food products. This shouldn’t be a problem, said Simmons, as she has a list of thousands of applicable items. Participating stores im Terrace are Overwaitea and Safeway and managers at each location report a strong response to date. “It’s always been our policy to help food banks wherever we can,”’ said Safeway manager Stu Muir. Overwaitea assistant manager Mike Lefebvre said shop- pers are taking advantage of the coupon program. kk kkk B.C. Sharing is the second effort in less than a year by the provincial government to help food banks and soup kitchens. This May royal assent was given to the Food Donor En- couragement Act. It eases worries for those who wish to donate food in good faith but who may be worried about liability prob- lems. Terrace Churches Food Bank co-ordinator Christine Simmons says that enables people to donate home-canned A PROVINCIAL plan to help food banks has come to Terrace. Overwaitea grocery manager Perry Waldo (eft) and Safeway manager ‘Stu Muir hold one of the $2 food bank coupons which can be purchased by shoppers at the cash register. or home-prepared itmes. 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