Volunteer Gary Carter portions out cookie dough as the Prince Albert Salvation Army provides cookies for the Community Cares 'Food on the Move' program. (Prince Albert Salvation Army/Facebook)

By Ronald Quaroni

Community in Knead

P.A. Salvation Army bakes thousands of cookies for lunch program

May 15, 2020 | 12:38 PM

Members of the local Salvation Army are dusting off their recipe books and donning their aprons.

Since Monday morning 15 to 20 volunteers have been baking up a storm.

“Once they found out we were in the cookie-making business, they were quite willing to step up and say, ‘count me in,’” Lt. Matthew Reid, Corps Officer with the Prince Albert Salvation Army told paNOW.

As of Thursday, this ‘brigade of bakers,’ had scratch-made 4,000 cookies in support of the Prince Albert Community Cares Kitchen, Food on the Move program, which provides brown bagged lunches for students across the city.

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“We thought this was a place where we thought we could step up and provide cookies. Through a cookie [we aim to] provide a little bit of hope and a smile each day,” Reid said.

According to Reid, this is not a one-time donation. He explained as long as there is a need in the city for these types of programs they will continue to provide the sweet treats. So far popular flavours have ranged from double chocolate and chocolate chip to oatmeal and banana chocolate.

“All these cookies have been made from scratch. Nothing has been frozen. These are right from the flour bag,” Reid said.

If anyone would like to support the cookie-making efforts of the Salvation Army, he encouraged them to donate in person or donate online to Prince Albert Salvation Army.

“We’re very grateful to the public and the way they support the Salvation Army in Prince Albert. This is just a way we’re able to give hope to some school children and we hope that they remember it for many years down the road,” Reid said.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

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