[News] Food drive: Disability-advocacy group in Chilliwack collects 900 lbs of food

A recent food drive for the Chilliwack Salvation Army, created by users of the very same food bank, raised more than 900 pounds of food, plus financial donations. Chilliwack People First, a self-advocacy group for people with developmental disabilities, said their collective goal was to help people just like them. They wanted to do it “to help the community, to help Salvation Army because… they do so much for people in need,” said member Tim Burgess. The local group is a chapter of People First of Canada, the national voice of people with an intellectual or developmental disability. The organization is about advocating for human rights, citizenship rights, accommodations rights and language rights.

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