A 15 passenger van is used by families, students and community members who access ACOMI programs and activities such as bi-weekly Winnipeg Harvest food bank pick up, children drop-in programs, after-school programs, youth mentoring programs, community activities, community field trips, site visits and general community use. ACOMI Staff and volunteers use the vehicle for transporting program participants, program shopping, transporting equipment (drums, audio-systems, educational materials, cultural artifacts and crafts, etc.) and other service-related activities. The van facilitates the day-to-day activities such as our healthy snacks program pickups; reducing the need for staff and volunteers to use personal vehicles during work/volunteering hours. The van promotes flexibility and accessibility among the many grass-roots ethno-cultural communities affiliated to ACOMI that are spread across the city. The van is at the core of all the programs, activities and services we deliver. This increases the capacity of our programs, especially our children and youth mentoring projects hosted in different community schools across the city, and it also enhances the quality and accessibility of our programming.