"She contributed quite a lot through her farming efforts to the community and she was getting on in age, so she just wanted to pass it on."

The team-up between the registered charity and college culinary students sees donated apples produced into healthy snacks for students in School District No. 23.

The Kelowna Community Food Bank often makes appeals for donations, but when a local business stepped up to help, it provided warehouse and office space to help grow programs that help food bank clients.