Despite some misuse in recent months, both the Sackville Community Sharing Cupboard and its predecessor, the Station 8 Community Fridge, continue to supply area residents with much needed groceries on flexible schedules.
The operations work like self-serve food banks, with food stored and available on site, and people are able to come pick up what they need at any time. The lack of tracking and monitoring makes it easy and convenient for people in need, but the model is also prone to occasional abuse.
Recently Station 8 (also known as the Dorchester Moving Forward Cooperative) made some changes to its community fridge program, closing it overnight and better defining the region it’s meant to serve.
CHMA sat down with some of the organizers behind the community food operations in Dorchester and Sackville to find out how things are going.
