Outdoor MCC festival fundraiser a success
The parking lot of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Centre on Gladys Avenue was filled with 400 volunteers and thousands of attendees on Sept. 18 for the annual MCC B.C. Festival for World Relief. This year’s in-person celebration was a welcome contrast to last year’s in the midst of the pandemic, where festival- goers could…
Bake sale, borscht and bouncy castles
A September tradition in British Columbia is returning with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. Festival for World Relief, scheduled in Abbotsford on Sept. 17 and 18. While the pandemic forced a drastically downscaled event last year, consisting only of a drive-through food pickup with limited choices, the 2021 event will be the traditional…
