The Check-In: PEDVAC, Port Elgin’s community caretakers

CHMA checks in with Sue Haney, executive director of PEDVAC in Port Elgin, to find out how the community centre has been affected by the COVID shutdown.

While some programming has closed down, PEDVAC’s food bank demand has doubled, says Sue Haney. And the centre continues to do personal advocacy work, run the Wool to Wishes program, and has planted a community garden. At the same time, their fundraising efforts have taken a hit, and Haney says there could be hard times ahead for the centre.