St. Albert Food Bank Faces Surge in Holiday Food Hamper Requests

Food Hamper at the St Albert Food Bank (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Like many food banks across the province of Alberta, the St. Albert Food Bank is facing a high demand for food hampers ahead of the holiday season.

Suzan Krecsy, executive director of the St. Albert Food Bank spoke with CFWE, saying that they have seen a significant increase in demand for food hampers, with December seeing over a thousand hampers distributed, adding that the increase is something they can handle with the support from the community.

Suzan Krecsy, executive director of the St. Albert Food Bank (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Krecsy goes on to say that with the demand of food hampers, they expect to feed over two thousand people a month with a goal to distribute 500 holiday hampers to the families in St. Albert.

St. Albert Food Bank volunteers making a food hamper (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Krecsy speaks on their recent partnership with the Salvation Army to create a program called ‘Out of the Cold’ to support the houseless community in St. Albert to have a place to stay and to be provided warm clothing and meals to keep out of the extreme weather.

Warm clothing for the houseless community in St. Albert (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Krecsy says that the reception she’s received from past hamper recipients is not only a thank you, but a way to help get many through tough times, adding that it’s proof that you may not have to depend on a food bank and that their is a way out.