We’re in need of more soup kitchen teams to help with Wednesday dinners in 2024. Here’s how it works: Our Soup Kitchen serves dinners on Wednesdays and lunches on Saturdays. Each team signs up for either Wednesday or Saturday, and the teams will then rotate serving the meal on their designated day. (Please note that Read More
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September Lunches for Learning Stats
Because of our new registration process, Lunches for Learning didn’t begin until mid-September. Nevertheless, we provided food for 1,580 lunches that month. Thank you to the many donors and volunteers who have made the program possible.
September Soup Kitchen Stats
Thank you to the dedicated soup kitchen teams who made this possible: Mother Teresa Conference Algoma Angels Barker Family Algoma Steel Friends Who Care Summit St. Basil’s The Dinner Party
September Period Pantry Stats
In September, 86 clients received pads and/or tampons from The Period Pantry. Thank you to the many donors who have supported The Period Pantry!
September Food Bank Stats
This September, we provided 320 packages, helping 523 individuals, almost a quarter of whom were kids. Another 21% were post-secondary students. 39% of our clients in September had never accessed our food bank before. Many thanks to the donors and volunteers who made it possible for us to help so many community members in need.
Christmas Gifts Program
Although you’re probably only just starting to think about Halloween, our volunteers are already planning for Christmas! Every year, a dedicated group of volunteers prepares Christmas gifts for our Lunches for Learning clients, but they need some help to cover the costs. You can help put a smile on local kids’ faces and joy in Read More
August Soup Kitchen Stats
In August, our Soup Kitchen served 1,438 meals. Thank you to the dedicated soup kitchen teams who made this possible: O’Sullivan Team Helping Hands CSJ Associates Murphy & Friends Mother Teresa Conference Mount St. Joseph Catholic Education Centre Bethel Bible Chapel Bethany Baptist ChurchTeam Rita
August Food Bank Stats
August set several records in our food bank: highest number of families we’ve seen in one month at 335 (previous record was 307 in January 2023) highest number of individuals we’ve seen in one month at 580 (previous record was 526 in May 2023) highest number of children we’ve seen in one month at 134 Read More
Office and thrift store closed Sept. 4
Please note that our offices and thrift store will be closed Monday, September 4 for Labour Day. The food bank and soup kitchen’s hours on Saturday will not be affected. We will return to our regular hours Tuesday, September 5. We wish everyone an enjoyable long weekend and a safe return to school!
Sign up to Volunteer for the Big Blue Food Drive
It’s that time of year – the Big Blue Food Drive is coming up quickly! We’re starting the search for volunteers and want to hear from you. The Big Blue relies on over 100 volunteers to run smoothly. We’ve got several tasks we need help with, including collecting the donations from curbs, sorting and packing Read More