Lethbridge food banks adapting to uncertain Canada Post future – Lethbridge [Video]

As a potential second Canada Post strike in less than a year looms closer, some people are turning away from the mail carriers.

“We have started to do a lot more of our bill payments, as much as we can, via e-transfers and that sort of thing,” said Valerie Lazicki, executive director of the Lethbridge Food Bank.

She says the strike in December was especially difficult for non-profits in Lethbridge.

“That time of year is the big donation spur from community members, so it was troublesome. There were cheques that were stuck in the mail.”

The other major food bank in Lethbridge, the Interfaith, said they were equally concerned at first, but found the mail service wasn’t as necessary as they thought.

“While it did delay donations, we found that a lot of our donors adapted and found other means to give, primarily online, or people would come into the building to give us the cash right …