Frankly Speaking

The end of the work week is proving much better than the start was for Sources Langley Food Bank. Last weekend, the food bank's van was stolen. In a separate incident, $1,000 worth of gift cards were stolen, and a gas card in the stolen van was taken and the food bank was charged to the tune of $1,300. However, the food bank shared the news about these thefts with the public, via local and provincial media, and the response has been amazing. A loaner van from Mercedes Benz and another from Willowbrook Chrysler are in use to pick up donations of food, and another van has been donated by a group of local business people. It will replace the stolen van, which was recovered on Saturday but is not driveable at present. Save-On-Foods replaced the stolen gift cards and donated $500 more. In addition, many generous people and businesses both within and outside Langley have chipped in to donate food and money to Sources, to ensure that no one in need goes hungry this Christmas. Envisi...

  Sources Food Bank photo A van used by Sources Langley Food Bank was stolen on Friday, one of several calamities the organization has suffered in the past week. A fundraiser and chance to donate food to the organization is planned on Thursday at Jimy Mac's Pub in North Langley, from 4 to 6 p.m. A Christmas fundraiser for the Sources Langley Food Bank takes place this Thursday – and it couldn’t come at a better time. As reported by the Langley Times online today, the food bank, which initially set up shop in Langley in September, 2014, has been hit by a terrible series of calamities in the past week. Gift cards were stolen Thursday, the food bank’s van was stolen Friday, its gas card was used illicitly to the tune of $1,300 and the van itself, after being found abandoned in Aldergrove on Saturday, isn’t driveable at present. See   http://www.langleytimes.com/news/361964391.html for more detail. Sources has been operating its food bank from the United Churc...