IQALUIT - Nunavut's food bank found itself back on the road last month, but a broken building has bailed out the organization.

The group's sealift order was stored in the RCMP hangar at the airport, but the police needed the space back, leaving the food bank homeless.

Al Hayward poses with some of the 11 pallets of food moved from the RCMP hangar to the AWG arena in February. - Kent Driscoll/NNSL photo

Now, the food is stored in one of the spare rooms at the Arctic Winter Games Arena.

The arena is slowly sinking into the tundra, making it unsuitable for hockey, but ideal for storage.

"We approached the city," said Jennifer Hayward, the chair of the food bank.

"Yeah, approached the city," was the sarcastic response of her husband, city councillor Al Hayward.

Al Hayward was at the AWG arena, working side-by-side with Baffin Correctional Centre inmates. The jail sent a team to help them transfer the 11 pallets of food from the airport to the arena.

"They have been fantastic, that is hard, back-breaking labour," said Jen Hayward of the inmate's efforts.

R.L. Hanson Construction transported the food from one spot to the other, which pleased the food bank.

"Who needs Santa when you have Bob (Hanson)," said Jen Hayward.

Business is up at the food bank, a bad economic indicator for the city. For February and March, the food bank is now open once a week. Previously, it was only open every two weeks.