First Cortes Community Meal sets stage for weekly warming meals in 2024
Cortes Island’s first community meal took place at Mansons Hall on Dec. 7. It is hoped to be a weekly event on Cortes Island in the coming year, according Ester Strijbos, Coordinator of Better at Home for Cortes Island.
“What we’re hoping, is to do it on a weekly basis and rotate thru the three community centres, Mansons Hall, the Gorge and Klahoose.”
The community meal program, funded through the Better at Home Food Security Initiative, takes inspiration from the weekly community meal on neighbouring Quadra Island.
“They have this on Quadra Island, a weekly community meal, and it’s very popular there,” stated Strijbos.
The community meals are envisioned as all ages events that bring people together, according to Strijbos.
“We know that food in a social setting is a super big component of building connections.”
A second community meal will take place at Mansons Hall on Thursday, Dec. 14 at noon.
