Eligibility criteria
Feed Ontario members are the stewards of food in their community.
To qualify for direct membership, your food bank must, at minimum:
- Be a CRA-registered charity
- Abide by Food Banks Canada’s Ethical Food Banking Code and Feed Ontario’s operational and service standards.
- Not serve the same geographical community as an existing Feed Ontario member (please check our Find a Food Bank map for a list of our current members)
To find out more about becoming a member, or to learn about affiliate membership opportunities with a Feed Ontario member food bank, please contact us.
Being a Feed Ontario member has its benefits
Our Values
We're fair
As a champion for local food banks, we give all members in our network an equal voice, no matter their size.
We're passionate
Everything we do is about helping people from across the province.
We're informative
We're engaged communicators who share our learnings and our ideas.
We're collaborative
No one of us is more important than all of us. Working together helps us all to be more resourceful and efficient.
We're changemakers
We advocate on behalf of evidence-based programs that result in real change.
We're innovative
We're optimistic that we will achieve our goals through innovative programming and best-in-class services.
"Sometimes we think the world just passes us by as we struggle to keep our clients, friends, neighbours, and family in a better place. We are so pleased to be a part of this network as we truly are safer in numbers and Feed Ontario truly does care."
Feed Ontario member food bank, May 2020
Next steps
If you’re interested in joining an incredible group of organizations and learning more about what it means to be a Feed Ontario member, contact Erin Waddington (Manager, Member Relations) at info@feedontario.ca.