Edit: Btw if any of yall wanted to know, her name is Rosie and she is, as the tags say, a western hognose.

Standing along Edmonton’s 118th Street, wearing a t-shirt that reads “Not Today Satan”, Dale Desjarlais and a small but mighty crew of volunteers hand out food and drinks to people in need.

He’s been doing this on and off for two years, mostly in the downtown area.

Every two weeks — on the Saturday after payday — Desjarlais takes to the streets. He uses his own money and time to buy and make bannock and soup while also handing out any other food people have donated.

“When people are getting fed I feel happy because I know how it feels to be hungry or have to go without food for two, three days,” he said.

Desjarlais previously struggled with drug and alcohol addiction after suffering physical and sexual abuse as a child.

Now he wants to use his experience in healing to support others who are struggling.

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