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Blessing of the Back Packs

We celebrated a successful 'Back to School' Community Event last Tuesday with a bubble blessing of backpacks and an enthusiastic, "You've Got This!".

We celebrated a successful 'Back to School' Community Event last Tuesday with a bubble blessing of backpacks and an enthusiastic, "You've Got This!".

The parking lot was a buzz with children's excitement and their delight over a free ice cream cone and back to school supplies.

Thank you to our Visions' volunteers! It was wonderful to meet so many of our neighbours!

70 Backpack Tags

86 Ice Cream cones served

8 Visions' volunteers

2 Community volunteers

Boxes of free school supplies!

Fresh For Less

What is Fresh for Less?

Fresh for Less is a food purchasing club created to help families & individuals have year-round access to fresh fruit and vegetable at affordable prices.

Club members who pay $20.00 at the due date of each month and will receive a produce box on the last Wednesday of that month.

Who is running this program?

Visions' volunteers are partnering with the John Howard Society to offer this program from the Community Hub on Joyce.

How do I pay for my order?

Preferred method is E-transfer to etransfer@visionsunited.ca for payment

Put Fresh for less in the email subject
There is no requirement to participate every month

For more information or in-person payment:

Call Visions United (506) 384-0843 to ensure we are on-site
email: freshforless@visionsunited.ca

How do I get my order once I have paid?

The orders can be picked up at the HUB (140 Joyce Ave)

all participants are notified where and when to pickup their boxes
special delivery can be arranged under certain circumstances
boxes are provided once per month

Preparing the boxes

Dedicated Volunteers

Fresh Groceries

The orders may vary month to month depending on the season but the base order will always include:

5 lb Potatoes
2 lb Carrots
2 lb Onions
Apples, Bananas, Oranges

There will be other fruit and vegetables depending on what is available

For example:

lettuce
tomatoes
cucumber
pears
broccoli
etc

How can I participate?

To become a member by filling out the registration form

Pay the $10.00 non-refundable admin fee. Plus (+) pay 20.00 – regular, pay 17.00 – seniors (60+)
Offline option - DOWNLOAD and PRINT and return to office, or scan and email
Online option - Fill out the form below