I am writing in response to an article published in the Centretown News last week entitled “Self heating meals too costly says food bank.”
This headline is simply not true and when combined with the contents of the article only add to the confusion of the reader. The statement that four people can be fed soup kitchen meals for the price of one Hot Pack implies that the Hot Packs are being served instead of regular meals. This is simply not the case — the self heating meals are given out specifically to clients who have no other way of obtaining a hot meal. These are clients who are sleeping outside, live in a rooming house with no kitchen or have arrived at a shelter in the middle of the night when the meals program is closed.