Hundreds of Downtown Eastside Vancouver residents were treated to a free lunch Sunday thanks to some generous volunteers taking part in the “Hashtag Lunchbag” movement.
The social media charity movement started in Los Angeles and has quickly gone viral in other cities. The program aims to use social media to bring awareness to hunger in the hopes of eliminating it.
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More than 150 people donated time and money to buy groceries and make 1,500 lunches for those in need.
Event organizer Sophia Mach said she was inspired to bring the movement to Vancouver after her friends started the program in L.A. and many others around the world are doing the same.
The Vancouver group makes the healthy lunches once a month.
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