Dartmouth Community Fridge holds Thanksgiving fundraiser [Video]

The Dartmouth Community Fridge is helping where it can ahead of Thanksgiving weekend with a new ambitious fundraiser.

The community fridge began in May and is 100 per cent run by community volunteers.

“We try to reduce barriers to people accessing food, so this fridge and the accompanying pantry is open seven days a week, 24/7,” said community volunteer Lisa Scott.

Scott says there is no need to register and anyone is welcome to use the fridge at any time, as well as donate food.

“We’re getting probably 40 to 50 people during the key part of the day,” Scott said. “The people are from all walks of life. More and more we’re seeing people who have never been food insecure in the past and are really needing access to healthy supplements to their diets that they just can’t afford. So many stories of people that are, for the first …