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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. That seems to be Edmonton Food Bank’s new mantra.

On Wednesday, the organization formally unveiled its new program, Beyond Food, at 11434-120 Street, available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The service began in November and has served about 200 people so far. It addresses some of the many challenges Edmontonians face.

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“We’re here to link people to what we can do and also the broader network of services as well,” said David Berger of Beyond Food.

In 2015, the Food Bank conducted a survey of their clients and found that about 70 per cent of the people were unconnected to any other service.

“That got us thinking about how do we address these needs,” Berger said. “We also asked in the survey if we had an employment readiness service, if we had budgeting advice, personal counselling, would you be interested? About 60 to 70 per cent said, ‘Yes, we would.’ ”