Organizations Meet to Send Food Donations to British Columbia’s Indigenous Communities | The Canadian News

Organizations in British Columbia are coming together to deliver food to indigenous communities affected by floods and landslides last month.

The sustainability manager for SPUD, a BC grocery delivery service, says the company was inspired to donate after severe storms ripped through transportation routes and damaged many of its suppliers’ farms.

Helena McShane says they collected donations from customers and partnered with the United Way and the nonprofit Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society to make deliveries in communities that need help.

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She says her next 1,000-pound shipment of food will be delivered to Seabird Island First Nation in Agassiz on Monday.

United Way Representative Kim Winchell says Seabird Island was chosen because rural and remote indigenous communities have been “badly affected” by floods and wildfires in British Columbia this year.

First Nations Assembly National Chief RoseAnne Archibald toured some of the flooded areas Thursday and said she was impressed by the impacts on the landscape and First Nations communities.

Archibald said he would like to see a faster response from the federal government to assist indigenous peoples in future environmental disasters.