November 2018 Posts
Lending a hand at After the Bell packing event
November 23, 2018
By Matt Stevenson, Product Manager, French’s Condiments In May of this year, I participated with the French’s team in a packing event organized by Food Banks Canada for their After the Bell program. This event brings together teams of corporate...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Joy Haxton of the Lake Country Food Bank
November 1, 2018
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Joy Haxton of the Lake Country Food Bank in Lake Country, BC. What is your role in food banking?I am a...
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Food Banks Canada’s Corporate Partnership Awards
November 1, 2018
Food Banks Canada is incredibly thankful to our dedicated donors who are essential to our success and ability to reduce hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow. Through their help, we have been able to acquire and share millions of pounds...
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Food Banks Need More Than Just Food – Because Life has Other Necessities
November 1, 2018
Did you know that girls and women represent 49% of the adults who access food banks each month? That’s about 430,000 individuals who not only need access to food but also to items like feminine hygiene products. For women with...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Kerri Abbott of Society of St. Vincent de Paul
October 1, 2018
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Kerri Abbott of Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Carbonear, NL. What is your role in food banking?I'm...
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Our Vision of Zero Hunger in Canada
September 26, 2018
Hunger is an issue in Canada, but it doesn’t have to be. In our country of 37 million people, every month, 850,000 people use a food bank and 36% of those users are children and youth. Food Banks Canada provides help for a...
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Welcome to Ignite Knowledge Centre!
September 17, 2018
Guest blog by Elena Murray, Coordinator, Network Knowledge and Learning On September 17, 2018, Food Banks Canada launched its newest, most integrated tool in support of the food bank network. Welcome to Ignite Knowledge Centre!Over the past year and half, Food Banks...
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Food Banker Spotlight – Mike MacDonald of the Upper Room Hospitality Ministry and PEI Food Banks
September 1, 2018
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Mike MacDonald the Upper Room Hospitality Ministry and PEI Food Banks. What is your role in food banking?I am the Executive...
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What One Man and a Tractor Can Accomplish 2018
August 28, 2018
In 2004, a Farm Credit Canada employee decided to use his vacation time and his tractor and wagon to help his community. He hopped into his tractor, and with the help from local farmers and others in the area, collected...
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Fresh Innovation at the Regina Food Bank
August 13, 2018
Guest blog provided by Kimberley Wenger, Community Greenhouse Coordinator at the Regina Food Bank. With help from the +Fresh Gardens & Growing Fund, through Food Banks Canada, Compass Group Canada and Bayer Inc., the Regina Food Bank purchased and installed four aeroponic...
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