Twelve years ago, a non-profit grocery store helped Rick Lipus get back on his feet. Lupus was experiencing health challenges, and started grocery shopping at Quest Food Exchange’s market in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to make his disability assistance stretch further. “It was really, really difficult and … I would come in [to the market] and there would be lots of stuff,” said Lipus. “And it was just great, the staff were all friendly.” He soon became a volunteer, stocking shelves in exchange for market vouchers, and then was hired as an employee at the market four years ago. “It was a really good way to start participating, showing up, being accountable, that kind of thing,” Lipus to
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