The Salvation Army has put out a wishlist of items needed at the food bank. Community Ministry Worker for the Weyburn Salvation Army, Nicole Strickland explains these are staple items.
"These are items that we have to go and purchase when we run out of, so they are stuff that we make sure are in the monthly hampers."
The items in particular are cereal, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned meat and crackers. Stickland also notes they don't mind getting smaller sizes of these items, as it makes it easier to distribute to more families in need.
"A lot of times when purchasing food, we find that when we get smaller items that are maybe cheaper than some of the bigger, we can help out more households. So like instead of a big, huge can of fruit, which we are happy to have as well, maybe a few smaller ones would be better."
Items can be donated to the Weyburn Salvation Army Food bank, however, Strickland notes if the food bank is closed, the store staff will be happy to take care of donations as well.