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Agape Table during the pandemic. (Agape Table/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Agape Table has seen its guests grow since the pandemic started, and this Easter they'll be handing out more meals than usual. "We're giving back to the community like we always do, but today is our Easter meal. We've combined forces again with Diversity Foods and making ham, potatoes, cooked vegetables, dessert and a drink," says Dave Feniuk, the General Manager at Agape Table.  Instead of sitting down at the centre, people will line up six feet apart to pick-up their containers. "They c...

  WINNIPEG -- A recycling project turned into a COVID pastime for 89-year-old Ruth McKinlay of Winnipeg, who has taken thousands of plastic bags and turned them into comfortable sleeping mats for vulnerable Winnipeggers. “They call me the bag lady,” said McKinlay, referring to her friends at the assisted living facility where she resides. It all began a couple of years ago as a suggested activity from her daughter. The idea stuck, and with the help of about a dozen lady friends, the mat making began. They were knitted and donated to Agape Table, a non-profit that provides meals and s...

Winnipeg Free Press An endowment program at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba has been recognized by an international fundraising organization as an innovative and inspiring idea. An endowment program at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba has been recognized by an international fundraising organization as an innovative and inspiring idea. Called the "Book of Life," it was selected as the best fundraising idea out of 11 from the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and Canada, featured Jan. 26 at the Americas edition of "I Wish I Had Thought of That," an online gathering of more than 270 groups from around ...

Smitty's restaurant staff making over 700 chicken dinners for Agape Table in the early morning. (Supplied) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Agape Table is receiving 740 chicken dinners for their clients this afternoon with a big display of generosity from a local restaurant. Valerie and Brian Funk own some Smitty's restaurants in Winnipeg and the Robert Dyck family own some in Steinbach. Together they decided to make dinners for people passing through Agape Table in Winnipeg. "One of our regular volunteers is good friends with Val but it actually goes back to the golf tourna...

  WINNIPEG -- One Winnipeg couple is turning pallets into snowmen with the intention of giving back to the community. Val Ruth said at first they were just making the snowmen to decorate their own yard, and to give as gifts to their friends. “Then he said to me, ‘What if we make some and try and sell them and give the money to (Harvest Manitoba)?'," Ruth said. “So we thought we’d give it a try and 104 snowmen later, that’s the story.” Ruth said the snowmen are made out of repurposed wood torn apart from pallets, which is then painted and adorned with a scarf. They take abou...