New Truck Fund
Registered Name: COMMUNITY CARE NETWORK SOCIETY
Business No: 140151465RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank is in dire need of a new refrigerated truck to support the operations of our food bank, which has been aiding low-income families and vulnerable individuals in the Halifax region since 1983.
At the end of February 2022, Parker Street’s 3-tonne delivery truck officially retired due to failed brakes and old age. Without a vehicle suited for picking up and delivering mass amounts of fresh and packaged food items, Parker Street will not be able to operate sufficiently. We are asking its donors and the community at large to help raise another $70,000 in order to purchase a new truck for food pick-up and deliveries.
Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank started the New Truck Fund campaign in early 2021 with hopes to raise a total of $176,000 to purchase a new refrigerated delivery truck by May 2022. At the end of last year, we managed to raise $100,000 of that total goal. We are now only $70,000 away from our milestone and a new vehicle that can help us serve our community more efficiently.
With the needs of our community growing at a rapid pace due to increases in the cost of living, Parker Street has seen an influx of new and returning clients. In order to provide adequate help to those seeking food assistance, Parker Street needs a vehicle that can handle pick-ups and deliveries of mass amounts of food donations from our key donors and business partners
A new refrigerated truck will help Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank provide more food insecure families and individuals across the Halifax Regional Municipality with healthy, fresh food items. The new delivery vehicle would also:
- Maximize our capacity to accept donations of frozen food items, such as frozen meat, and fresh foods, such as fruits and vegetables.
- Enable us to continue working with the community in our collective and ambitious goal to end hunger in the city of Halifax
- Help us meet the needs of those who are struggling as a result of the combined impact of rising food prices, high housing costs and low- and fixed-incomes, etc.
Our delivery vehicles are on the road 7 days a week, either picking up donated and/or purchased food items or delivering food and other needed essential household items to those who need help the most. A new refrigerated truck is going to be visible and tangible proof of our community’s collective commitment to achieving food security in the Halifax Regional Municipality and bringing an end to hunger in this part of our province.
Please help us get the needed funds as soon as possible. We thank you very much for your kindness and generosity.
For any questions, please contact Amgad Zaky, the Director of Donor Relations, at (902) 377-4767 or you can send an email to amgad.zaky@parkerstreet.org.
With love from the Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank Team
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