Since Feb. 2019, the Mittima Food Bank Society has been regularly distributing different kinds of food to Pond Inlet community members. For example, last weekend hamburger meat, sandwich meat, hot dogs, pizza dough, lettuce, tomatoes, bananas, apples, kiwi, bread, milk and soup were handed out.
Photo courtesy by Wayne Olson
The bulk of the money for this program comes from the grants provided by Qikiqtaini Inuit Association. Volunteers set up the food for distribution, while board members order the food and track expenses.
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This is followed by an hour of SA国际影视传媒減retty intenseSA国际影视传媒� activity and cleanup afterwards.
Biweekly, the food banks helps out about 100 families.
It is open to helping anyone who is need of food.
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