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September 2025 Posts

Near or Far, the National Food Sharing System Gets Nourishment to Where It’s Needed

September 2, 2025

Three hundred thousand pounds of potatoes. Over 20,000 pounds of rice. Over 160,000 pounds of baby formula. These are just a few recent examples of the largescale donations that Food Banks Canada receives and distributes to food banks nationwide through...

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Grocery Stores Are Uniquely Positioned to Relieve Food Insecurity: Here’s How 

August 1, 2025

Each summer, Grocery Heroes Day recognizes employees in grocery stores and other parts of the food supply chain for the work they do feeding families. At Food Banks Canada, we’re pleased to highlight their crucial contributions to food banking. Food...

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Food Banks Canada Data Challenges Assumptions About Newcomers’ Circumstances

July 17, 2025

Every year, Food Banks Canada surveys the food bank network to provide a unique and valuable lens on food insecurity in this country. Our research contradicts the persistent false assumption that newcomers, or newly arrived refugees in particular, receive a...

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The Emergency Response Program: A Safety Net for Food Banks During Times of Disaster

July 7, 2025

When a severe ice storm hit parts of southern Ontario late in March 2025, Kawartha Food Share general manager Ashlee Aitken knew she was in for a challenge. Comprised of 37 member agencies in Peterborough and the surrounding region, Kawartha...

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Get out to vote!

April 15, 2025

How to vote in the Canadian election with food insecurity as your priority Voting is a powerful tool that can help address food insecurity in our communities. This election comes at a critical moment when we need immediate action to...

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Free tax clinics at food banks achieve massive “returns” on investment

March 24, 2025

In the spring of 2024, when “Marlice,” a single mother of one, walked into the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre, she simply expected to get some help filing her taxes. What she didn’t yet know was that this free...

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This spring, help us feed more families than ever before

March 13, 2025

It’s time for the Loblaw Companies Ltd. annual Spring Food Drive to Feed More Families across Canada. From March 13th to April 2nd, 2025, you can support by donating non-perishable food items in-store or by making a monetary donation at...

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Walmart’s Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign is “a bedrock of vital support” for Canadian communities

February 20, 2025

A lot has changed since Walmart Canada and Food Banks Canada joined forces on their first Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign in 2017. For one thing, the need for food banks in Canada has soared from around 1.1 million monthly...

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Spread the spirit: Rewarding ways to support food banks this holiday season

December 2, 2024

When the holidays return each year, they remind us of the joys that can be found in giving. Whether gifts are big or small, they show others that we care. Supporting food banks is a meaningful way to give back...

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More needed than ever: Loblaw’s 15th holiday food drive to help stock local food banks

November 28, 2024

For 15 years, Loblaw Companies Ltd., its employees and its shoppers have helped food banks across Canada to feed more families through its biannual food drives. So far, this sustained commitment has resulted in more than 70 million meals for...

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