Apr 17, 2020
Food bank & eerie movie
This past Tuesday one of my friends here in the RV park organized a food drive. We were given lots of notice to put our donation out at the foot of our driveway for collection between 11am and 12 noon.
Cindy also arranged for a crew of volunteers to pick up within that hour time frame and later pack everything into clean boxes for the Lake Country food bank. This golf cart is already pretty full.
A truck load of food was collected as well as $610.00 cash. Well done. There might have been more food collected had a larger number of residents known about the food drive. New ways to advertise will be in place for the next time. Interestingly enough there was an article just the other day in the local news about how there has been 27% increase in people needing help from the food bank.
Speaking about food for thought…..good idea by the City of Kelowna to implement this policy. The less we touch the better. Personally I would have used my elbow to push the button had I needed to cross the street but then as you can see there is no traffic.
Also in the news today, our Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix made the above statement. I think being in the eye of a Category 5 hurricane says it all. Stay home everyone.
I signed up for a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime and we are trying to make the best of it. A few nights ago we watched the movie ‘Contagion’. It came out in 2011 so someone had to have thought about the concept even earlier and then come up with a script and then the actual filming, so perhaps as early as 2009. The movie is about an airborne virus that was started because of a bat in China. As the fast – moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure. The movie stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon. The movie is so relevant as to what is happening in our world right now. It is almost like we are living the movie as we watch it. It may be on Netflix, you would have to check. Below is the link to the trailer, watch it if you dare. The movie is no longer fiction but reality.
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Never even thought about involving those Panda’s….
Hope you are swell….
Hang in there, I’m not eating too much, just doing too much yard work…
Upriver
Lucky you not eating:) Our yard is not that big. Plus I am getting bored with our limited walking within the park. Hopefully when my knee gets stronger we can venture out on the rail trail.
Nice to be able to give back to the food banks.
The Scientist are saying we might not have this under control until 2022. We’ll all look like Pandas by then.
Be Safe and Enjoy working your garden.
It’s about time.
It was nice to be able to help out. I have read that about 2022 and they you read about Florida opening the beaches and no social distancing. At this rate we many never gat back to whatever our new normal may be.
That’s a lot of food you folks donated. Very thoughtful and such a good idea. We all could use a little help from time to time. Enjoy the weather out there, we hear it’s fantastic in your province weather wise. The rest of us are shivering and hoping for a warm breath to get us back to seasonal norms. Stay safe!!
Yes our weather is improving but I am still wearing my fleece jacket. We did wake up to frost again this morning. Hang it there, it has to improve – does it not!! Deb I am reading you reposts but I seem to only get about 2 hours every two weeks when Google allows me to comment!