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LADY OF THE LAKE CROWNED AT LAKE DAYS Lady of the Lake Megan Berry, centre, and princesses Ashley Vomacka and Emily Pastor deal with the emotions surrounding the crowning ceremony at Lake Days in Lake Cowichan last Saturday. After winning the annual pageant, the ladies will spend the next year as ambassadors of the community. For more photos from Lake Days, download the free Layar app and scan the page, or go to our website at www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
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Carol Fuller is the manager of the Basket Society. [MIKE D’AMOUR/CITIZEN]
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The cupboards are nearly bare at the Cowichan Food Basket Society, a situation that’s causing anxiety at the organization that feeds more than 1,000 people — one third of whom are children — through its hamper program. “It’s not a case of are we going to be in a panic situation,” said Carol
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Fuller, manager of the CFBS. “We’re here, we are in a panic.” Fuller said cash donations are down 40 per cent from last year. “And we’re busier than ever — the need has gone up 22 per cent in the last two years,” she said. “Our new applicants, people who have never been in the system, is averaging about 17 people every month.”
The last couple of years have seen a marked downturn in donations and for the first time in a long time, CFBS is looking at running a deficit. To try and stay afloat, the society has cut some lean from the budget, but is now slicing straight into the marrow. “We’ve cut staff and shortened the others’ hours,” said Fuller.
“And now we’ve cut what we give in hampers.” The increased need and pressure on food banks is one that’s being felt across the province, said Laura Lansink, executive director of Food Banks BC, an organization that represents 93 British Columbia food banks. See Low minimum • page 9
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