The Weyburn Salvation Army's School Lunch program provided lunches for local children throughout the summer and wrapped up on August 29th.
Community Ministries Worker Nicole Strickland said they had more than enough sponsorship for lunches to be available each weekday throughout July and August.
"Access Communications, every second year, they donate $10,000 to it, so that goes a long way. Nexans did every Tuesday sponsorship and came and made lunches, so that's pretty large too. Then we have churches that come almost every other day of the week."
A big change this year was getting a certified kitchen so they could prepare all of the lunches in-house and distribute them directly from their Fourth Street location, which Strickland said was a dream come true in terms of efficiency and all of the other benefits of being streamlined.
"Last year, I had to get food bank groceries, then I got these groceries, and then I separated them, then I went to the church, unloaded them, then I went and loaded them back up, and then I went to the school."
Not only that, they were able to make the experience more interactive for the children.
"We'd give them pictures to colour and they brought them back the next day and we hung them up, and just little activities like that."
In all, this year, 80 lunches were handed out each day, as opposed to the 100 in previous years.
"We had a few families that moved away, so we started at 80 and they were [all] claimed."
Strickland said the Food Bank is still providing lunch snacks for their clients to send with their kids to school.
"We do have a few people who know that, and every year they drop off school snacks, and so that goes a little way, but snacks are in very high demand right now."
With the Food Bank having to be closed yesterday and today for floor repairs, they added appointments last week and will have a few more appointments each day later this week. Strickland added they would still be able to provide a hamper in an emergency situation.