MCC B.C. director awarded Jubilee Medallion
Wayne Bremner, right, executive director of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C., was among the 46 recipients of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medallion in Abbotsford on June 21. Presented by Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, left, the recipients were honoured for their contributions and achievements to the community and country. “I feel a bit awkward with this,…
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…
Homeless find shelter in MCC building
By day, the material aid warehouse at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C.’s headquarters is used to store and process items such as school kits and blankets to be shipped overseas. But, in the colder fall and winter months, by night the space is converted into an extreme weather shelter hosting the city’s most vulnerable. The…
B.C. Festival for World Relief raises $1 million-plus
More than 20,000 people attended the annual Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia Festival for World Relief in mid-September, raising more than $1 million to support uprooted people locally and around the world. The annual Bread of Life auction, which raises funds for food security projects, contributed in excess of $230,000 to the festival’s fundraising…
