Kakabeka Falls has been blessed with an award winning Thunder Bay based program that helps the less fortunate.
Erin Arps is with a Kakabeka Falls baseball league who’s teamed up with Giant Hearts, the group which started the Blessing Box program. “Giant Hearts built us this gorgeous box, and the sponsorship of this box is only $200. And as a league, and myself, we’ve vowed to keep it full and stocked.”
The baseball league spokesperson adds it for anyone who’s in need. “Anyone driving through can access it. The senior centre, maybe they’re on a fixed budget, and they can come and help themselves. The school just down the road, kids who maybe on a long bus ride and are hungry, they can come access it”
Giant Hearts, who built the box, tells us more Blessing Boxes are going up around the region in the coming months.
After contacting Giant Hearts, Arps adds it wasn’t difficult finding someone willing to have the box on their property. This one is in front of a hair salon on Highway 11/17. “I reached out to Jess who owns this property. She had no problem, I mean everyone was so willing. We had other businesses that we could’ve put it on their property as well, everyone wanted to be a part of it.” The Blessing Box is a wooden box filled with food and other everyday supplies for those who normally wouldn’t be able to buy them due to financial restrictions or other reasons.
Giant Hearts recently won the Mayor’s Award for the group’s community involvement.
