Category: Stats

In March, the Lunches for Learning program provided school lunch food packages for families to make a total of 5,485 lunches. Thank you to all our supporters and volunteers who made this possible.

We are so grateful to the community for its support of the Period Pantry. In the program’s first month, 78 clients accessed it. Remember that anyone can access The Period Pantry, even if you do not need a full food bank package. Just stop in during the food bank hours and let the volunteers know Read More

Last month, our soup kitchen served 1,246 meals. Thank you to the wonderful teams who worked hard to make this happen:  Bethel Bible Chapel Westminster & Friends Team Rita Mount St Joseph Catholic Education Centre The Dinner Party McDougall EnergyCommunity Living Algoma Spadafora, Johnson & Lepore O’Sullivan Funeral Home

This March set a St. Vincent Place record for the number of individuals helped in our food bank in one month. We are seeing more and more families with children coming to our food bank for help.

In February 2023, our soup kitchen served 1,110 meals, with one Saturday closed for CNOY. Thank you to the teams who made this possible: Nogdawindamin Mackenzie’s Souper Heroes Emmaus Anglican Church Bethel Bible Chapel Algoma Steel Team PUC Knights of Columbus

In February, our food bank helped 275 families, a total of 488 people of whom 122 were children. This marks a 41% increase in the number of families compared to February 2022 and a 64% increase in the number of individuals compared to last February. It is also the highest number of children we’ve ever Read More

In January, our soup kitchen served 1,235 meals. Thank you to the amazing soup kitchen teams that made this possible: O’Sullivan Funeral Home Friends Who Care Mother Teresa Conference Murphy & Friends The Summit Allen’s Side Road Knights of Columbus 7999 CSJ Associates Click here to learn more about how our soup kitchen works.

In January 2023, our food bank helped 307 families. That’s a total of 490 people, of whom 109 were children. Our food bank relies on the generosity of the community. You can donate to ensure we continue to be able to offer this help to those in need. To learn more about making a donation, Read More

In February, our food bank helped 195 families. This is broken down as: 1️⃣ 124 one-person households2️⃣ 42 two-person households3️⃣ 22 three-person households4️⃣ 5 four-person households6️⃣ 2 six-person households. This works out to an estimated $8,853.25 worth of food, bringing our YTD total to $23,098.25. Thank you to all the donors and volunteers who made Read More

In January 2022, our food bank helped 292 families – a total of 504 people, 115 of whom were children. That breaks down as: 177 single-person households56 two-person households26 three-person households19 four-person households8 five-person households6 six-person households Based on the costs of each package (if you missed our post breaking it down, check it out here), Read More