By Kellah Lavoie

Looking at food gaps and overlaps

Jan 11, 2011 | 11:18 AM

For some, a meal everyday can be difficult to come by.

Knowing this brought together members of the community to discuss hunger issues and possible solutions on Monday.

“One thing that we want to do as an organization is get sort of beyond that short-term emergency providing a meal to doing some skill building,” said Bernice McNair, executive director fo Fresh Start Ministries.

“It was exciting to me to hear about community kitchens and some of the other things that are going on in the city.”

Fresh Start Ministries has programs such as a Hope Chest of Food, free bread on Tuesdays and soup on Saturdays at the Salvation Army.

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McNair said they want to do more in the community.

The organizations meeting together are a good start.

“Just knowing some of the other groups that are out there, what they’re doing … what we’re doing is interacting with other organizations; where there’s overlaps, are we providing lunch and nobody else is, or is everybody providing lunch and nobody’s providing breakfast,” said Doug Kinar, executive director of Prince Albert mental health association.

The meeting focused on groups discussing what programs they’re running, how they interact with each other and what more they can do to address the problem.

“It’s also interesting to note that there is such a strong need out there, and the difference between having food security and having something to eat every day. Because food security is more than just having something to eat today, it’s having something to eat on every day,” Kinar said.

The meeting ended in the afternoon leaving many local groups with new ideas and plans for the future.

klavoie@panow.com