Three years ago, a group of like-minded Winnipeggers decided to do what they could to help those in need.
Since then, they’ve been providing supplies and meaningful connections to marginalized community members every week.
It all started in the middle of the pandemic and during a much colder October when Daniel Hidalgo and a group of friends were asked by a stranger for food and clothing. The group gave what they could.
“What started as three or four folks turned into 40 and we didn’t have enough, and a light bulb went off and we decided we should be out here and do more because we can,” said Hidalgo, the founder and director of CommUNITY204.
That’s essentially the origin story of CommUNITY204 — an entirely volunteer-run organization that tries to provide the essentials to Winnipeg’s most vulnerable.
“It didn’t sit right with us to see that people were hungry. People …