The spirit of charity within the community shone brightly in late March as the Yellowknife Co-op assisted GlobalMedic in making a 680-kilogram (1,500-pound) donation of dried foods to the Salvation Army food bank.

The March 27 donation included beans, peas and lentils.

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The grocer has a history of supporting food banks and runs several food and hamper drives throughout the year.

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An Ontario-based non-governmental humanitarian aid organization, GlobalMedic specializes in organizing donations of natural products, such as dried lentils, chickpeas and grains. The group works directly with farmers to source these goods at a lower cost, packages them, and then distributes them to food banks in need.

Tony Brushett, executive director with Yellowknife Salvation Army, expressed his gratefulness to GlobalMedic.

Each bag of dried food contains around 500 to 700 grams. Brushett said it would allow serving a single family in need with five to six meals. He emphasized that such a large donation is rare and SA国际影视传媒渨onSA国际影视传媒檛 come across every day SA国际影视传媒� and this will help us in our food bank for the next month or so.