The Langley Food Bank

Summerfest 2008 was a fun filled – not to mention “busy” week –

Our clients get quite excited when they realize it is that time of the year again. This year our gift fair was held from July 7-11. Each client family was able to choose 1 gift for each member of the family plus several ‘extra’ smaller gifts including trigger sprayers, art prints and gift bags with lots of small surprises in each one!

Over the course of the week over 530 brand new gifts were given away to our clients.

The selection included items such as small appliances, framed art prints, sets of serving dishes, cutlery, frying pans, storage containers,  cosmetics and bath sets, tool sets, summer toys, fans and humidifiers, luggage, and much, much more

Client’s reactions and comments are often interesting.  Here are a few:

•   A duvet cover – perfect!
• I was just thinking of how I could get a hairdryer & there it was!
• I got stuff for the kids, and I got picture frames.  They are so expensive.
• You guys are so thoughtful! (Tears)
• I got a beautiful book about B.C. – Just beautiful.
• I got beautiful matching serving dishes that match the rest of my black dishes.
• This is a match made in heaven.
• It is my older son’s birthday & I can’t afford a gift – maybe I’ll find something for him.  (And she did!)
• I am so excited!
• I can’t believe you guys.
• I got a BBQ set.
• Wow – I am so excited – I can’t believe this, I got a curling iron.
• Can you believe it; I got a small ironing board with an iron.
• So much fun – What a surprise!
• We received  several comments after distribution thanking us again via the phone and people stopping at the desk to voice their appreciation.

Thank You Abba God - - You are so generous!

We recently received a donation of 6000 lbs. of Manitoba carrots from a local produce wholesaler. These carrots were absolutely huge, but were tender and sweet, great for eating raw or for cooking. Our clients enjoyed enough carrots for several meals for their families and our kitchen used lots for for the Lighthouse cafe meals over the past several weeks!

The Langley Food Bank also donated 3000 lbs. to the Fraser Valley Gleaners to add to the wonderful soup mixes they produce and ship to third world countries for distribution to the hungry.

The Langley Food Bank reuses plastic grocery bags that supermarket customers return to the stores and place into the recycling bins. Our volunteers work hard to sort out all re-usable bags which we use to bag client’s grocery hampers.

We also have a considerable number of re-usable cloth bags in circulation among our clients.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Aldergrove has been running a program called ‘Kingdom Assignment’. The pastor had made 50 $100.00 grants available to church members which they could take and make it grow for good use in the community.

Regan took this $100.00 to Charlie Lee at the IGA Marketplace in Thunderbird Village who agreed to make the $100.00 grow with an additional $50.00 worth of groceries.

Members of Regan’s church got on the bandwagon with more support and he ended up with $1100.00 to buy groceries to which Charlie Lee added over $500.00 worth of groceries!

A warm thank you to Regan and everyone who supported his efforts to make a difference!

Langley Food Bank recently donated several pallets of food to Canadian Food for Children who will be shipping the food to orphanages and needy communities in third world countries.

The shipment included baby food, canned soup, canned pasta as well as flour and sugar.

Thank you to all of our supporters who give so generously. Our abundance allows us to spread God’s provision here to others both locally and around the globe!