'It will always be free': Manitoba woman bakes 2,000 loaves of bread for community
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, a Manitoba woman started thinking of ways to spread kindness in her community. She came up with an idea she called The Bread Basket.
Baking bread has become a big part of Joan Vanderlinde's life over the past couple of years.
Living in Morris, Man., when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, she started thinking of ways to spread kindness in her community. She came up with an idea she called The Bread Basket.
"It just became super clear to me. (I'm) going to bake a loaf of bread, put it on the lamp post, and start texting people or calling people and say come get bread."
On March 23, 2020, Vanderlinde made her very first loaf. She created a Facebook page and told people to come grab free bread at their leisure. From there, The Bread Basket began to grow.
She said people have come from all over the province to get some of her free baking.
"I think the furthest that it's gone is Swan River. I know a lady took a bunch of bread out there. So it's going far and wide now, and I maintain it will always be free."
Fast Forward almost two years, and Vanderlinde is baking her 2000 loaf of bread that will be given to one lucky Manitoban.
