Phoenix Society’s Mobile Community Kitchen officially hit the road this week to serve free meals to those in need.
The program operates out of a 16-foot food truck, dubbed Phoenix Flame BBQ, providing free community meals to those who are underserved, homeless or at risk of homelessness. The operation has capacity serve up to 100 meals per day up to fives times per week.
The food truck made its first stop on Wednesday (Jan. 20) at SHARE Society’s Port Moody food bank, serving roughly 100 clients as they picked up their food hampers. Pulled pork sandwiches, beef chili and a penne pasta was on the menu during the first day of meal service, and Phoenix’s food truck will return to the food bank this month on Jan. 27. Next up, in February, food service will begin on select days at the Surrey Food Bank’s main distribution site in Newton.
Further partnerships are in the works with front-line social service agencies in the City of Surrey to serve hot meals to those who are unhoused and living in shelters, and Phoenix Society encourages the public to get in touch with us on our social media channels to tell us where else our free meals may be needed.
“It’s incredible to see this project get underway, and to see the overwhelming support behind it,” said Keir Macdonald, CEO of Phoenix Society. “Everyone deserves a hot meal and we are thrilled to be able to help feed those in need during what is a very hard time for us all. Giving back and building community, connection and hope is what we are all about at Phoenix.”
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Phoenix Society would like to thank the many generous sponsors and funding partners that have helped make this project possible including the Envision Financial Community Endowment with First West Foundation, Reaching Home and Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society. We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
Envision Financial, a division of First West Credit Union
The program operates out of a 16-foot food truck, dubbed Phoenix Flame BBQ, providing free community meals to those who are underserved, homeless or at risk of homelessness. The operation has capacity serve up to 100 meals per day up to fives times per week.
The food truck made its first stop on Wednesday (Jan. 20) at SHARE Society’s Port Moody food bank, serving roughly 100 clients as they picked up their food hampers. Pulled pork sandwiches, beef chili and a penne pasta was on the menu during the first day of meal service, and Phoenix’s food truck will return to the food bank this month on Jan. 27. Next up, in February, food service will begin on select days at the Surrey Food Bank’s main distribution site in Newton.
Further partnerships are in the works with front-line social service agencies in the City of Surrey to serve hot meals to those who are unhoused and living in shelters, and Phoenix Society encourages the public to get in touch with us on our social media channels to tell us where else our free meals may be needed.
“It’s incredible to see this project get underway, and to see the overwhelming support behind it,” said Keir Macdonald, CEO of Phoenix Society. “Everyone deserves a hot meal and we are thrilled to be able to help feed those in need during what is a very hard time for us all. Giving back and building community, connection and hope is what we are all about at Phoenix.”
Click to read the full story and to donate: https://www.phoenixsociety.com/news/phoenix-soc...
Phoenix Society would like to thank the many generous sponsors and funding partners that have helped make this project possible including the Envision Financial Community Endowment with First West Foundation, Reaching Home and Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society. We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
Envision Financial, a division of First West Credit Union