A local restaurant is stepping up once again to help those in need.
Wallaceburg’s Black Goose Grill is reviving its soup kitchen, and owner Mark Childs says they’ll be providing meals to those who could use a helping hand.
“We service front line workers, as we did last time,” Childs says. “There’s a group out on Walpole Island that we deliver a bulk pack to and they distribute it to those in need on the Island, and then we take care of seniors and those in need in Wallaceburg.”
The list of those receiving the meals is put together by local churches, with over 21,000 meals served back in the spring.
Childs says the need is greater than ever.
“People going to work right now and still living a somewhat normal life don’t realize that there’s a lot of people, especially seniors, that are shut-up, at home alone, not doing anything and not seeing anybody, so this outreach of soup to them is a godsend,” Childs says. “We’ve spoken to the church about this and the need is more now than it was last year, because of the so-called criteria where they don’t want anybody leaving their home.”
Deliveries to those in need will be made Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting on January 18th.
Childs says they’ve applied for some grants to help, but in the meantime anyone who’d like to help can send an e-transfer to theblackgoose@hotmail.ca.