This week, Tim and I are participating in a challenge for the Calgary Food Bank called “A Week in Their Kitchen”.
A Week in Their Kitchen is a week long challenge that will see various members of Calgary’s media and public surviving on the contents of only an Emergency Food Hamper throughout Husky Help the Hungry week (May 31-June 6 2010).
Participants will be blogging about their experience, both with visiting the food bank, and cooking with the items in their hamper, to help give the public a sense of what it’s like to be in need.
As part of my job, I regularly have to refer clients to the food bank, so it is very interesting to view the experience from their position. Please check out the blog, leave a comment, donate to your local food bank, and open your mind to what it might be like for you to depend on a food bank for your nutrition.
http://weekintheirkitchen.wordpress.com
Thanks in advance for your support!
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I think this is a really cool experiment. It seems like they gave you a TON of food though. I swear it’s 4 times as much as we bought in groceries this week. Can people go back every week?
Hey Micaela,
Since I work there I figured I could answer the question for you. People can only get a Food Hamper once every 30 days, to a total of 7 a year. We have Emergency hampers, not weekly hampers. If they are in a situation where they need much more food than the one a month, we give them referrals to other Calgary area agencies that can help them with their situation and make sure they have other methods of accessing meals like drop in centres and soup kitchens.
Brooke – Oh that makes sense. So maybe Leah should try to stretch out all of this food for a whole month!
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