Greenwood-Lee added it’s time members of the community who aren’t high risk to take over from senior volunteers.

“I think we need to let our senior citizen volunteers have a bit of a pass on volunteering at the food bank for the next few months,” said Greenwood-Lee “Those of us who are younger, need to step up and help out at the food bank in their place.”

The Calgary Foodbank has been temporarily closed to put in place procedures to keep staff, volunteers and clients safe during the pandemic.  In this article by Global our Board Chair Anna Greenwood-Lee calls on others to step up and take the place of many high-risk volunteers as the pandemic continues.