No stranger to the pulpit, Surrey city councillor Marvin Hunt was one of many local politicians to speak at a recent church service honouring the Lower Mainland's food banks.
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The Surrey Filipino Church in Newton honoured the Lower Mainland's food banks during a special evening service last Saturday.
The church has been honoring various service groups and not-for-profit organizations in this way for the past six years. About 200 people attended, hearing from a dozen politicians who were invited to speak. Among the honorees were the Surrey food bank, South Delta food bank, Greater Vancouver food bank, Source food bank in South Surrey and White Rock, Friends in Need food bank in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, Langley and Aldergrove food banks, the Chilliwack food bank, Abbotsford food bank, Mission St. Joseph's food bank, and the Share Community Service food bank of Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
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