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How outdoor community fridges are changing life for those facing hard times cbc.ca 2 hrs ago Nick Purdon & Leonardo Palleja © Nick Purdon/CBC Patricia Reid, an 80-year-old living on a fixed income, tears up when she talks about the community fridge she visits. 'You have eased my life, that's what they've done. And I couldn't imagine somebody being so kind.' You might have spotted a refrigerator, painted with bright colours, out on a public sidewalk near where you live. If so, you've stumbled upon a growing international food-sharing initiative known as "the community frid...
It's usually not a good sign if the fire department shows up after you've blown out your birthday candles, but for Bernice Sampson of North Sydney, N.S., it was the nicest surprise she could have asked for.
HALIFAX -- It’s going to be a while before the smile is extinguished from one Cape Breton senior's face. Ninety-one-year-old Bernice Sampson has always wanted to ride in a fire truck, and her wish finally came true when one pulled up outside her home to pick her up. "The only thing I was thinking was 'my gosh, the neighbours might think I’m having a fire over here,'" said Sampson. "It wasn’t a fire, it was something more exciting than that." It all started when her grandson Adam, a member of the North Sydney volunteer fire department, started hatching the plan.