Funding for homeless shelters announced

The Kenora District Services Board has handed out nearly 68-thousand dollars in funding to support four homeless programs.

The Kenora Fellowship Centre will see 15-grand, while the Dryden Food Bank is welcoming 5-thousand dollars.

The Sioux Lookout Out of the Cold Shelter is receiving roughly 28-grand to help the 489-clients it serves a year.

KDSB Chair Rory McMillan says this only scratches the surface of what is needed to improve the homeless issue in our District and he's urging the incoming Board of Directors to keep the pressure on the Government for more funding.