November 2024 Posts
Food Banks Canada has one of Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures. Here’s why!
November 21, 2024
In November 2024, Waterstone Human Capital recognized Food Banks Canada for embodying one of Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures of the year. This award celebrates best-in-class Canadian organizations with cultures that have helped them enhance performance. Food Banks Canada aims...
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
November 6, 2024
If you’ve seen one food bank, you’ve seen … one food bank. Food Banks Canada collaborates with a network of over 5,500 organizations, each of which serves a community with distinct needs and operates in its own way. A shared...
After the Bell brings necessary relief to families with children
October 10, 2024
Recent research released by Statistics Canada indicates that 23% of Canadians are worried about needing the help of a food bank in the next six months. The most stressed were families with young children. Over half of households with children,...
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
October 1, 2024
If you’ve seen one food bank, you’ve seen … one food bank. Food Banks Canada collaborates with a network of over 5,100 organizations, each of which serves a community with distinct needs and operates in its own way. A shared...
Addressing the continued need for food security in the North
September 26, 2024
Residents of Canada's North have long faced the burden of high food costs. Before the pandemic, the price disparity for essentials like food, transportation and fuel was already significant in these remote areas. Inflation and the cost-of-living crisis have only...
Groceries for Good: How Kraft Heinz Brings a Dependable Supply of In-Demand Products to Food Banks
September 25, 2024
In the midst of soaring needs, Food Banks Canada has been able to distribute millions of pounds of shelf-stable food staples across the nationwide network of 5,100 food banks and community agencies. This impressive feat couldn’t have happened without Kraft...
Celebrating our Longstanding Partners
September 9, 2024
Many of our corporate partners have been working alongside us year after year, working to eliminate food insecurity in Canada. As poverty rates in Canada continue to rise, the need for food banks has never been more urgent. March 2023...
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
August 21, 2024
Each month we are spotlighting organizations that have received accreditation through the Standards of Excellence. This month, our spotlight is on Pictou County Food Bank East. What inspired you to be an early accredited organization? Our food bank was already...
Food Banker Spotlight – Jo-Anne Turple
July 30, 2024
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Jo-Anne Turple, Manager of Volunteer Resources at Ottawa Food Bank. What is your role in food banking? Manager, Volunteer Resources...
Food Banker Spotlight – Ardis Proulx-Chedore
July 2, 2024
We are always interested in hearing more about the individuals in food banking across Canada! This month, our spotlight is on Ardis Proulx-Chedore, Manager of the Cochrane Regional Foodbank and Neighbour to Neighbour Thrift Shop. Ardis is pictured second from the...
