New food bank refrigerator locker opens for after-hours access [Video]

The Food Bank of Waterloo Region has opened a refrigerator locker for anyone who can’t access their services during the day.

“We’re finding more and more that an individual’s wage just certainly isn’t enough to make ends meet. So more and more individuals who have full time jobs just don’t have enough money to access food,” said Kim Wilhelm, CEO of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

It is located inside a community centre in Kitchener. Users can pick up their food during evening hours and on weekends. For now, the food bank is not sharing the location of the fridge.

“In time that news will spread. But at this point, we’re just happy to provide this service to the community,” Wilhelm said.

“They can give us a call, let us know that they’re needing to access the after hours food locker. What we’ll do is we’ll have them fill …