Support your local Food Bank

Food Banks are an important part of our social safety net, they are here because of our governments  (Federal, Provincial and Municipal) lack of adequate support many of our neigbours. There are many ideas of what to do about Food Banks and the people who need them. This is not the forum for that discussion. 

Food Banks help so we need to support them.  You may not know that there is a Food Bank Network. The Food Banks Canada network is made up of ten Members (Provincial Associations) and their approximately 450 affiliated food banks (Affiliate Members). The following is from their Website:

"While many people are aware of their local food bank, they may not know just how large the network of food banks across this country is.

We represent ten Provincial Associations, more than 500 Affiliated food banks, and over 3,000 food agencies. Together, we serve approximately 85% of the Canadians who turn to their community food bank or food program for help. Without our network, more than a million people each year would have times where they simply couldn’t put food on the table.

We support our network in a number of ways, including our programs, large-scale food donations made through our National Food Sharing System and our Retail Food Program, and financial support from us and from our donor partners. We also provide support through awareness-raising campaigns that increase the profile of the issue of hunger and through advocacy work that finds longer-term solutions.

If you operate a food bank or agency and are not yet part of our network, please contact your Provincial Association to find out how you can become part of the movement to relieve hunger in Canada."

By going to this link you can find your local Food Bank if you live in Canada. (Click Here). Once you have found your local Food Bank, call them or visit them to see how you can help at this time of year. Please call your local food bank before visiting.