Category: Stats

In October, our food bank helped 353 families. That’s a total of 543 people, of whom 103 were children. These numbers represent a 60% increase in the number of families and 55% increase in the number of individuals compared to October 2022.

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.

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

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!

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.

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 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

In July, 70 clients received pads and/or tampons from The Period Pantry. Thank you to the many donors who have supported The Period Pantry over the last few months since its launch in March!

In July, our soup kitchen served 1,259 meals. Many thanks to the dedicated soup kitchen teams who helped with this: Knights of Columbus Westminster & Friends Team Rita Team PUC Knights of Columbus Conseil des Grands Lacs 7999 McDougall Energy Spadafora Johnson Lepore Team Trevor

In July, our food bank saw a 25% increase in the number of clients compared to last year. Thank you to all the donors and volunteers who made this possible.