January 2022 Posts
Food Banker Spotlight – Corina Bolo
January 27, 2022
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Corina Bolo from the West Prince Caring Cupboard. What is your role in food banking?I am on the Board...
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Food Banker Spotlight – John Bailey
January 1, 2022
January 01, 2022 We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on John Bailey from the Regina Food Bank. What is your role in food banking? CEO, Regina Food...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Heather Richards
December 1, 2021
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Heather Richards from the Peter McKee Community Centre Inc. What is your role in food banking?General Manager of the...
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Thank You Ryan and Blake
November 26, 2021
2020 was an especially difficult year for food banks across our country. Long lineups of our neighbours who were struggling made us fear that the worst was yet to come. With the intense impact of the pandemic, the team at Food...
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Donate These Most-Needed Items at a Holiday Food Drive Near You
November 24, 2021
This year has been especially difficult for food banks across the country. According to the latest HungerCount, food bank visits have increased by over 20 per cent since 2019, with over 1.3 million visits to food banks in March 2021 alone....
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How the Passion of One Food Banker in the North Helped Thousands
November 19, 2021
November 2019 was a month like no other for Billy Palluq, who now sits on the committeeof the Kangiqtugaapik Food Bank, as secretary treasurer. The local radio was playing as usual, and Billy was having his lunch when he heard...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Dan Edwards
October 25, 2021
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Dan Edwards from the Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association. What is your role in food banking?I am the Executive...
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Inspiring change through technology
October 1, 2021
A distance of 580 kilometres separates the food banks in Stettler, Alberta and Humboldt, Saskatchewan, yet both places share a common link.They are among the 35% of food banks housed in rural and remote communities across the nation.Being in a...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Rebecca Burke
October 1, 2021
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Rebecca Burke from the Labrador Ministerial Food Bank. What is your role in food banking?I am the Food Bank...
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How food banks rescued more than 200,000 pounds of produce to feed their communities
September 8, 2021
According to recent studies, 58% of food produced in Canada is lost or wasted each year. With research showing that one in eight Canadians, or 13 percent, said they accessed food or meals from a community organization in the last 12 months,...
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