Impact Report 2020-2021

Feed Ontario Impact Report 2020-21

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FeedON

A year of resilience and united strength

A message from our Executive Director

"The story of Ontario's food banks and partners in 2020-21 is a story of resiliency and united strength. We have faced a number of hurdles in the last year, but together, we stand stronger, firm in our conviction that we can end hunger and poverty in Ontario"

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Thank you so much to all the organizations and individuals who have joined us in the last year in our work to end hunger and poverty in Ontario. We often say, and genuinely mean it, that we couldn’t do our work without you! This year, that feels even more true.

The past year has been a rollercoaster of unimaginable challenges and incredible successes for both Feed Ontario and our network. Like everyone, we’ve had to work hard to overcome the additional pressures the COVID-19 pandemic has put on our communities and our work to support them. But this hard work has led to incredible successes as we and our member food banks and partners have quickly adapted and developed innovative new ways of serving our communities.

In addition to expanding our regular food and community programs and enhancing member services this year, Feed Ontario rose to meet the demand of our network. We launched two new food programs, two new food bank grant programs, two virtual member training series, personal food bank wellness checks, best practices and toolkits, and facilitated local distribution and execution for a number of national food and funding programs in partnership with Food Banks Canada.

In total, we distributed nearly five times the amount of food we would in an average year and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars directly into local food banks. We also continued to use our data and research, while working with government and communities, to develop long term solutions to hunger and poverty.

But we could not have scaled up this quickly or effectively without your help!

In the last year we have been positively overwhelmed by the incredible generosity of individuals and organizations across Ontario – just like you. At a time when many were facing challenges of their own, thousands of donors and partners stood with us to support our province’s most vulnerable – including many joining us for the very first time. Thank you!

The following report highlights some of the incredible impact your support helped achieve in the last year for the 537,000 Ontarians facing hunger. I hope you are as proud as I am of what we’ve been able to accomplish together.

The story of Ontario’s food banks and partners in 2020-21 is a story of resiliency and united strength. We have faced a number of hurdles in the last year, but together, we stand stronger, firm in our conviction that we can end hunger and poverty in Ontario.

Thank you for standing with us,

Carolyn

Who we are

From securing fresh and healthy food sources, to driving change through policy research and innovative programming, Feed Ontario unites food banks, industry partners, and local communities in our work to end hunger and poverty.

“Since we have received assistance, we were able to fill our fridge and cupboards with the necessities and did not have to worry about our next meal. This also allowed us to be able to get back on our feet in a non-stressful way.”

Food bank visitor, Community Care of West Niagara

2020-21 in numbers

pounds of food delivered to food banks across Ontario

adults, seniors, and children accessed a food bank in Ontario

visits to a food bank in Ontario

COVID-19 Emergency Food Boxes distributed

hunger-relief organizations working together

invested in innovative local programs and the food bank network

“Barilla is proud to be a Feed Ontario partner because our values align perfectly. Without the stewardship of a network of food banks, like Feed Ontario, our vision of facilitating people's access to food would not be possible. We hope that through our donation to Feed Ontario, we can add a bit of joy and healthy-inspired eating to the lives of Canadians in need"

Naila Bassin, Associate Director of Marketing - Barilla Canada

FeedON: Growing food distribution amidst a pandemic

With your increased support, our FeedON network has provided adults, seniors, and children across Ontario with tens of millions of nutritious meals this year.

29 million pounds of nutritious food (that’s as heavy as the Brooklyn Bridge!)

With the increased support of our generous food and financial donors and transportation partners, in 2020-21 Feed Ontario distributed more than 9 million pounds of food through our regular food programming, and an additional 20 million pounds through new COVID-19 response programs. Altogether, we distributed over 29 million pounds of food in 2020-21. That equates to over 24 million meals – an increase of nearly 4 million meals in our regular food programs and 20 million more meals than in 2019-20 across all programs.

This year we continued our commitment to fresh, nutritious food by sourcing quality items that support a balanced diet for people accessing food banks. More than half of the food we distributed through our regular programs was fresh or frozen. This included meat, eggs, dairy, fruit, and vegetables!

Fresh food distributed

Food Distributed by Category

Putting food distribution growth in perspective

Feed Ontario COVID-19 Emergency Food Program

Feed Ontario's COVID-19 emergency food programs

COVID-19 Emergency Food Box Program

Developed in partnership with local food banks and with the support of Food Banks Canada, and a generous donation from the Government of Ontario, the innovative program supported food banks across Ontario by providing pre-packed emergency food boxes. Each box provided approximately seven days’ worth of food for one person, including staple products like cereal, tuna, pasta, canned fruit, and fresh juice.

Through this program, food banks were able to safely distribute 452,920 emergency food boxes – that’s 9.5 million meals, plus snacks – while maintaining physical distancing guidelines for staff, volunteers, and clients.

Full Shelves Program

With greater pressures on food banks as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19, coupled with supply chain challenges and fewer resources available locally, food bank shelves were running the risk of going bare. The Full Shelves program was launched to ensure food banks have the resources needed to continue to serve their communities amidst a changing landscape.

With your increased support, through Full Shelves we were able to bulk purchase millions of pounds of food staples and PPE. These were distributed to food banks throughout Ontario through three different methods according to the food bank’s size and preference, including: full truckloads of food and PPE, full and mixed pallets of product, or additional pre-packed COVID-19 Emergency Food Boxes.

Food Banks Canada Pre-Packed Emergency Hampers

Following the success of the Feed Ontario COVID-19 Emergency Food Box Program, our national counterpart, Food Banks Canada, developed a similar, country-wide program. Through the national program, food banks throughout Canada received 390,000 Pre-Packed Emergency Hampers. Feed Ontario managed the distribution logistics for our province, sending an additional 190,000 pre-packed boxes of nutritious food to our network of food banks across Ontario.

Federal Surplus Food Recovery Program

In response to the pressures COVID-19 put on Canada’s food systems, the Government of Canada launched the Surplus Food Recovery Program, redirecting existing food surpluses to organizations addressing food insecurity. In partnership with Food Banks Canada, through the program, Feed Ontario distributed 1,266,000 lbs of fresh, nutritious protein, including salmon, halibut, sole, crab, chicken, halal chicken, and turkey.

Proteins such as seafood and halal options are rare for Feed Ontario to receive and ensure food banks can meet the varying dietary requirements and nutritional needs of families facing hunger.

Fresh food programs that support local farmers

servings of poultry

Litres of milk

servings of beef

servings of pork

servings of eggs

servings of turkey

How FeedON works

Moving food across the province is not an easy feat at the best of times, let alone in a pandemic. However, with the incredible support of our network of partners, volunteers, and food banks we were able to move more than 29 million pounds of nutritious food to every corner of the province throughout an unprecedented year. Here’s how our FeedON network works:

ACQUIRE

Feed Ontario works with our many agricultural, industry, and retail partners to acquire discounted and donated food, including much-needed milk, eggs, meat, fruit, and vegetables.

COORDINATE

Food offers are sent to Feed Ontario food banks via our Smarter Needs Allocation Program (SNAP). Food banks submit requests and food is shared equitably based on need, number of people served, and past food allocations.

TRANSPORT

With the help of Feed Ontario's transportation partners, donated food is transported to food banks in every corner of our vast province.

RECEIVE

Feed Ontario member food banks in 132 communities across Ontario receive the donated food to share through affiliated food banks, meal programs, and partner organizations.

Dedicated staff and volunteers at 1,200 hunger-relief organizations share the food with more than half a million people facing hunger, who make over 3 million visits annually.

Allocating food to communities in a SNAP

To facilitate the distribution of food donations quickly and equitably across the province, Feed Ontario uses a custom-built, cloud-based system, Smarter Needs Allocation Program (SNAP). Since SNAP’s launch in 2011, our network's demand has grown and technology has updated, but the system has not and has struggled to keep up.

In 2020-21, Feed Ontario was able to invest in much needed improvements to the SNAP system, significantly increasing the system’s functionality and efficiency. These updates increase response time during the food allocation process so that we can move product faster and ensure food gets to where it’s needed most before spoilage. It also makes it easier for food banks to manage food offers from Feed Ontario so they can spend more time serving clients.

“AMJ Campbell is extremely pleased to be a partner of Feed Ontario. To be able to assist those in need across our province especially during a pandemic is something the entire AMJ Family is very proud of. Once we heard we could help store, pack and transport food to the many food banks across Ontario our team jumped on board to help with such a tremendous and worthwhile cause.”

Denis Cordick, Vice President Brand Marketing & Partnerships - AMJ

Feed Possibility: Standing behind communities

Your generous support helps feed possibility by investing in food bank training and knowledge sharing and innovative programming for people facing hunger in our communities.

Food transformation programs

Farm to Food

A unique food transformation program, Farm to Food rescues excess vegetables from farms and turns them into nutritious meals for people facing hunger. Run in Windsor, ON, in partnership with our local food bank, UHC- Hub of Opportunities, and Food Banks Canada, the program serves hunger-relief agencies throughout Ontario. In 2020-21 we continued to work with farms and food producers on this ground-breaking program.

30 Farming and Food Producer Partnerships
265,202lbs of food rescued and transformed
34 food banks received healthy soup
1,156,199 healthy meals distributed across Ontario

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One More Bite

In partnership with Metro Ontario, One More Bite provides food banks in Ontario with the opportunity to receive rescued fresh food from their local Metro-banner grocery stores to distribute to adults and children living with hunger in their communities. In 2020-21, even more stores and food banks joined the program:

28 food banks rescued food
125 stores donated to food banks
2,254,167 lbs. of food rescued

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Community programs

Feeding Possibility!

The Feeding Possibility! Grant was created to respond to the needs of food banks to help improve the overall capacity and resiliency of the Feed Ontario network. Projects are tied to Feed Ontario’s Standards of Care Framework, with the aim of helping food banks provide best-in-class service to their communities.

28 food banks applied
23 projects were funded
$572,470 invested in food bank capacity and resiliency

Highlighted projects:

Creation and implementation of a home delivery program for community members who are unable to access the regular food bank services
Building of an online portal with a set of custom education modules to make training available and more accessible to volunteers and hunger-relief agencies

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Rural Kids

The Rural Kids Program provides rural food banks in Ontario with funding to support the children they serve with community-specific programs, such as breakfast clubs, snack packs, or kids cooking classes. The 2020-21 Rural Kids Program helped ensure that children facing hunger still had access to nutritious food, despite increased barriers to receiving food support due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 food banks participated
79,141 meals and snacks provided
4,253 kids in rural communities served

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Efficiency Improvement

To support the growth in demand for emergency food support, in 2020-21 Feed Ontario introduced a one-time grant to help food banks with significant warehousing and distribution invest in developing their inventory management. This investment will help ensure that food can be more efficiently accounted for and distributed to agencies and families facing hunger for years to come.

4 food banks applied
3 projects funded
$194,000 invested to improve efficiency

Virtual conference: building resiliency

Feed Ontario quickly re-tooled the planned June 2020 in-person conference, and launched our first-ever virtual conference, "Building Resiliency," in August 2020. Sessions were designed to help grow food banks' resiliency to unforeseen challenges and spark ideas on how to build a better world.

Themes of the conference included:

Adapting operations: an opportunity to reflect on the rapid operational changes food banks implemented during the spring, share best practices with peers, and brainstorm how to adapt to emerging challenges.

Mental health & wellness: Sessions focused on managing burnout, and sharing challenges and advice to address staff, volunteer, and client mental health during the pandemic.

Sparking change: Food banks have a responsibility to both advocate for a world that doesn't need food banks, as well as ensuring they are not contributing to injustice within their own spheres of influence. Sessions focused on making your food bank voices heard and how racial injustice intersects with poverty and food insecurity.

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Growing resources and support for food banks in a pandemic

Throughout the last year, the food bank sector has had to rapidly adapt in response to changing restrictions and health guidelines, as well as changes in local food and funding sources. In response, Feed Ontario launched two online training series for member food banks, conducted regular wellness checks with each food bank, helped food banks connect with their local municipal services manager to access government support, and developed hundreds of COVID-19 response resources, including toolkits, guidelines, and best practices on topics from distanced service delivery options, to COVID-19 response plans, and more.

“[The] Past year has been a wild ride with a great deal of unpredictability. Feed Ontario and their network of supporters were the rock we needed during this difficult time. We were able to start two new programs that diversified our services to better service our community during the pandemic. We could not have done this without our incredible partnership with Feed Ontario.”

Chris Peacock, Executive Director - The Sharing Place Food Center (Orillia,ON)

Feed Change: Working together on evidence-based solutions

With your increased supports, we feed change through research and public education, and advocating on behalf of evidence-based solutions to hunger and poverty.

Hunger Report

Feed Ontario’s annual 2020 Hunger Report found that, while COVID-19 has undeniably impacted our province, food bank use in Ontario was already on the rise even prior to the pandemic. This upward trend was exacerbated by the economic impacts of the pandemic in many communities. Between March and June 2020, food banks saw a surge in usage as hundreds of thousands of people were without the means to acquire sufficient income for basic needs like rent, hydro, transportation, and food.

Findings of the report include:

26% increase in the number of people and families who accessed a food bank for the first time during the first three months of the pandemic
44% increase in the proportion of employed adults accessing a food bank over 4 years
7.3% year over year increase in the number of visits to a food bank in 2019, prior to the pandemic starting

Read the full report here

Hunger Action Month

In partnership with Food Banks Canada and local food banks, Hunger Action Month is a Feed Ontario initiative that takes place every September and encourages people to take action against hunger in their communities. Embracing the challenges of the pandemic, communities mobilized in new ways leading to one of the most successful campaigns to date.

Hunger Action Month encourages participants to take action in four key ways:

Educate: Shared Feed Ontario’s Hunger Map to explore statistics on hunger and poverty in communities by electoral riding.

Advocate: Held virtual constituent meetings with Member’s of Provincial Parliament and ran a public campaign sending emails to MPP’s to advocate for rent relief.

Volunteer: Highlighted ways to volunteer and get involved with local food banks during the pandemic

Donate: Raised $140,000 to help end hunger in Ontario

Working with government on solutions to end hunger

Throughout the pandemic, Feed Ontario continued to engage with the provincial government and local communities to ensure our province’s most vulnerable had the support they needed during these challenging times. In 2020-21 we:

Met with leaders from all provincial parties to talk about COVID-19 responses
Held a virtual town hall with the Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
Ran three MPP email campaigns calling for rent relief and an eviction moratorium during the Stay-at-Home order
Presented to the Ontario Minister of Finance as part of budget consultations
Submitted recommendations for the provincial budget and poverty reduction strategy

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“As part of LCBO’s Spirit of Sustainability commitment, our campaigns are rooted in making our province a stronger and more inclusive place to live, which is why we took action to address the food security crisis. It is important to us that our contributions span the entire province and we're so proud to have contributed to Feed Ontario's Emergency Food Box Program to meet the increasing need for food security in Ontario communities"

Meg McClean, Sustainability Specialist, Sustainability & Social Impact - LCBO

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Feeding the future: Hunger doesn't end with a pandemic

By working together, our vision to end hunger and poverty in Ontario is possible

Operation community regeneration

Over the next year, we will continue to focus on ensuring Ontario’s food banks have the resources they need to help our province recover from the pandemic and thrive. Join us for Operation Community Regeneration! With the support of partners like you, together we will continue to:

FeedON: Replenish

In partnership with the food industry, we will replenish food bank supplies by growing Feed Ontario’s existing fresh food donation programs; and investing in our new Full Shelves Program to provide food banks with more food staples and PPE. These programs leverage our extensive distribution network to ensure food bank shelves in every corner of the province remain full.

Feed Possibility: Renew

Building on food banks’ agility, we will continue to invest in resources to help renew communities and food banks, including developing best practices in partnership with Public Health, emergency response plans, training courses, tools for physically distant food delivery, resources to transition to virtual operations where possible, mental health supports, and guidelines as we reopen.

Feed Change: Strengthen resilience

By working in partnership with government and communities, we will strengthen our collective resilience through data-driven, evidence-based solutions and policies that provide lasting support to our province’s most vulnerable and ensure that communities are prepared for the future.

A commitment to Northern Ontario

In the coming year, we will begin a five-year Northern food strategy to increase equitability in access to nutritious food in Northern Ontario and help address the unique challenges faced in remote, fly-in, and Indigenous communities. Through the strategy, Feed Ontario will work in partnership with food banks, other non-profit groups, and Indigenous leaders and communities to improve our infrastructure and distribution capacity in Northern Ontario, reduce barriers to our services, and increase nutritious food support.

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"It is a privilege to continue to work with the dedicated team of Feed Ontario who are able to reach thousands of people facing hunger. We hope other companies will also support this critical life-saving work. Now, more than any other time in history, Ontarians must come together to help each other through this pandemic. I know we will, and I know that together, we will power on"

Heather Ferguson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Ontario Power Generation

Working together, each dollar goes further

Thank you to all of the incredible people and organizations who give their time, products, services, and financial support to Feed Ontario. You make feeding Ontario possible!

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“I know what it is like to be without food. Supporting Feed Ontario is the smallest thing I can do for someone who is always hungry....something I can do to help hungry people survive."

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Our partners in fighting hunger

Fresh Food Partners

Thank you to our Fresh Food Partners for helping us Feed Ontario!

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Food & Consumer Product Partners

Thank you to our Food and Consumer Partners for helping us Feed Ontario!

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Transportation & Logistics Partners

Thank you to our transportation partners for helping us Feed Ontario!

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Arnold Brothers

Arnone Transport Ltd.

Bison Transport

G. Zavitz Ltd.

Grehan Truckline

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Martin-Roy Transport

McKevitt Transport Ltd.

The Mackie Group

Financial Partners

Thank you to our financial partners for helping us Feed Ontario!

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900 Bowling Proshop

A Plus Creative

ADR Chambers Inc.

Agilec

Air Canada Recreation Association

All Saints Anglican Church GTA

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Arterra Wines Canada

Ashley Lawrence-Leger Medicine Professional Corporation

Association of Professional Student Services Personnel APSSP

Axiom Real-Time Metrics

AyA Kitchens and Baths

Balou Investments Inc.

Beaches Media Services

Bella & Coop

BGC ENGINEERING INC.

BLT401 Inc.

Boehringer Ingelheim Canada

Brian South West Ontario Veterinary Services

Brokerlink Inc.

Brookfield Properties

Cachet Estate Homes

Camso Distribution Canada Inc

Canadian Star Marketing

Cargill Limited

Charles Taylor Adjusting

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Colliers International

Commercial Leasing Practice, WeirFoulds LLP

Compugen Inc./RHC2

Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation

Credit Suisse

Daughters of the American Revolution

DDB Canada

Desjardins Financial

Dr. Andrew W. Morgan Medicine Professional Corp

Dr. Yin Hui Medicine Professional Corporation

DWS Data Wiring Solutions Inc

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Enercare

Enterprise Fleet Management Canada Inc.

Epimatic Corporation

Fari Hara Inc

Farm Credit Canada (headoffice)

Fiera Properties ITF / C/O Colliers International

FirstOnSite Restoration

Flat Rock Cellars Ltd.

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Greenridge Financial Group

GTDC Inc

HRPA

HTS Engineering Ltd.

Hydro Extrusion Canada

Hyunjin Choi Consulting Ltd.

Industrial Alliance

Industrial Contractors Association Of Canada

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.

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Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc

Lake of Bays Brewing

Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa

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Learning Curves Foundation and our Instructor

Link Charity Canada

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Make Space Inc.

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Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security

McMaster University

Mechanical Contractors Association Of Toronto

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MLSE Foundation

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MOSEA

Municipal Property Assessment Corporation SPM Department

Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)

MyClosing

National Money Mart

Newman's Own Foundation

NOBLE Corporation

NorFalco

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OPTIS Consulting

OTIP Community Fund

Parrish and Heimbecker

Philip Fox Fund

Philip Smith Foundation

Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited

Podium Development Corp.

Public Service Alliance of Canada - Ontario Region

Purple Park Inc.

R & M Lang Foundation

Radiance Mortgage Brokerage Inc.

Ralph & Maureen Phillips Family Foundation

RAWspace

RBC

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Reinhart Foods Limited

Remembering Otto and Marie Pick Charitable Foundation

Riverdale Neora

Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton Charitable Foundation

Ryan Knight Professional Corporation

Sager Food Products

Sedgwick Canada Inc.

SGI Canada

Sir William Gage Middle School

Slocombeco Holdings Inc.

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Sollio Agriculture

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits

Spirit of York

SS-AUSM Toronto

Stantic Consulting Ltd.

Sun Life Windsor Ontario

Supply Chain Management Association ON

TD Private Giving Fund

The Azrieli Foundation

The Bill and Jean Somerville Foundation

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The Commonwell

The Crump Group Inc.

The Elpis Foundation

The Green Fischer Family Trust

The Harweg Foundation

The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation

The Masonic Foundation of Ontario

The Noble Hearts Foundation

The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation

The Ontario Trillium Foundation

Thornbury Craft Cider

Toronto Sanskriti Sangstha

Tonica Beverages Ltd.

Topper's Franchising Company Inc.

Toronto Sanskriti Sangstha

Toronto Steel Buyers & Associates

Toyota Industries Commercial Finance Canada, Inc.

Travel Industry Council of Ontario

Trillium Mutual Insurance Company

Radiance Mortgage Brokerage Inc.

Turkish Society of Canada

Union of Safety and Justice Employees

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Village Media Inc.

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VTX Consulting Services Inc.

Waterloo-Wellington Sheet Metal Contractors Association

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Whole Foods Market Services Inc.

Network of hunger fighters

Member Food Banks

Acton – Acton Foodshare
Ailsa Craig – Ailsa Craig & Area Food Bank & Thrift Store
Alliston – The Good Shepherd Food Bank of Alliston Inc
Aurora – Aurora Food Pantry
Bancroft – North Hastings Community Cupboard
Barrie – Barrie Food Bank
Barry's Bay – Madawaska Valley Food Bank
Beamsville – Community Care of West Niagara
Belleville – Gleaners Food Bank
Belleville – Quinte Region Food Sharing Shelter
Blenheim – The Salvation Army Community & Family Services
Blind River – Blind River Emergency Food Bank
Bobcaygeon – Bobcaygeon Helps
Bolton – Caledon Community Services
Bracebridge – Salvation Army - Bracebridge
Brampton – Knights Table
Brantford – Brantford Food Bank
Brockville – Operation Harvest Sharing
Burk's Falls – Burk's Falls and District Food Bank
Burlington – Burlington Food Bank
Caledonia – The Caledonia & District Food Bank
Cambridge – Cambridge Self Help Food Bank
Campbellford – Campbellford Fare Share Food Bank
Carleton Place – Lanark County Food Bank - The Hunger Stop
Cayuga – Cayuga Foodbank Inc.
Chatham – Chatham Outreach For Hunger
Cobalt – Cobalt Coleman Latchford & Area Food Bank
Cobourg – Northumberland County Food 4 All
Cobourg – Northumberland Fare Share Food Bank
Cochrane – Cochrane Food Bank
Collingwood – The Salvation Army Collingwood Community Church
Concord – The Food Bank of York Region
Cornwall – The Agapè Centre
Drayton – Drayton Food Bank
Dunnville – The Salvation Army Dunnville
Eganville – Eganville and District Community Food Bank
Elliot Lake – Elliot Lake Emergency Food Bank Inc.
Erin – East Wellington Community Services
Fergus – Centre Wellington Food Bank
Fonthill – Pelham Cares Inc.
Fort Erie – The Salvation Army - Fort Erie
Gananoque – Gananoque Foodbank
Georgetown – Georgetown Bread Basket
Goderich – St. Vincent de Paul
Grimsby – GBF Community Services
Guelph – Guelph Food Bank
Hagersville – Hagersville Food Bank
Hamilton – Hamilton Food Share
Hanover – Hanover Food Bank
Hastings – Hastings and Roseneath Food Bank
Hawkesbury – Hawkesbury Central Food Bank
Huntsville – The Salvation Army Huntsville Food Bank & Family Services
Ingersoll – The Salvation Army in Ingersoll
Kanata – Kanata Food Cupboard
Kingston – Partners in Mission Food Bank
Kirkland Lake – The Salvation Army
Kitchener – Food Bank of Waterloo Region
Lake St. Peter – Word of Life Outreach Inc.
Lanark – Lanark Highlands Food Pantry
Lindsay – Kawartha Lakes Food Source
Listowel – The Salvation Army Community & Family Services - Foodbank
London – London Food Bank
L'Orignal – L'Orignal Food Bank
Mattawa – Mattawa & Area Food Bank
Meaford – Golden Town Outreach
Midland – Salvation Army Midland Family Services
Milton – The Salvation Army-Khi Community Milton
Mindemoya – Manitoulin Family Resources
Minden – Minden Community Food Bank
Mississauga – The Mississauga Food Bank
Mountain – House of Lazarus
Nanticoke – Jarvis Caring Cupboard
Napanee – The Governing Council of Salvation Army in Canada
Newcastle – Clarington East Foodbank
Newmarket – Newmarket Food Pantry
Niagara Falls – Project SHARE
North Bay – North Bay Food Bank
Norwich – The Salvation Army Norwich
Oakville – Kerr Street Mission
Orangeville – Orangeville Food Bank
Orillia – The Sharing Place Food Bank
Oshawa – Feed the Need in Durham
Ottawa – Ottawa Food Bank
Owen Sound – The Salvation Army Owen Sound
Palmerston – Palmerston Community Food Bank
Paris – The Salvation Army Paris
Parry Sound – Harvest Share
Perth – The Table Community Food Centre
Peterborough – Kawartha Food Share
Port Colborne – Port Cares Reach Out Food Centre
Port Elgin – The Salvation Army Saugeen Shores Community & Family Services
Prescott – South Grenville Food Bank
Renfrew – Renfrew & District Food Bank
Ridgetown – The Salvation Army Community & Family Services
Sarnia – The Inn of the Good Shepherd
Sault Ste. Marie – The Salvation Army Sault Ste. Marie
Seeley's Bay – R.O.L.L. Aid Centre
Sharbot Lake – North Frontenac Food Bank
Simcoe – Simcoe Caring Cupboard
Smiths Falls – Smiths Falls Community Food Bank
Smithville – West Lincoln Community Care
South River – Good Happenings Food Bank
St. Catharines – Community Care, St. Catharines & Thorold
St. Marys – Salvation Army St Marys Foodbank
St. Thomas – St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank (The Caring Cupboard)
Stratford – Stratford House of Blessing
Strathroy – The Salvation Army CFS Strathroy
Sudbury – Banque d'aliments Sudbury Food Bank
Sunderland – Brock Community Food Bank
Sydenham – Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation Food Bank
Thunder Bay – Regional Food Distribution Association of Northwestern Ontario
Tillsonburg – Helping Hand Food Bank
Toronto – Daily Bread Food Bank
Toronto – North York Harvest Food Bank
Trenton – Care Share Food Bank Trenton
Uxbridge – Uxbridge Loaves and Fishes Food Bank
Walkerton – Walkerton & District Food Bank
Wallaceburg – The Salvation Army Chatham-Kent
Warkworth – 7 Hills Community Pantry
Wasaga Beach – Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank
Waterdown – Food with Grace, Waterdown Food Bank
Waterford – Waterford and District Food Cupboard
Welland – The Hope Centre
Wiarton – Peninsula Food Bank
Wilberforce – Central Food Network
Winchester – Community Food Share
Windsor – Windsor Essex Food Bank Association
Wingham – North Huron Community Food Share
Woodstock – The Salvation Army - Woodstock Food Bank

Staff

Our team of talented individuals is committed to supporting Ontario’s food banks and advocating for solutions to hunger and poverty.

Carolyn Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

416-656-4100 ext. 2935

Amanda King

Senior Director, Network Services

416-656-4100 ext. 2932

Stephanie Ashton-Smith

Director, Development & Partnerships

416-656-4100 ext. 2943

Ervin So

Controller

416-656-4100 ext. 2939

Adelaide Wimpenny

Senior Manager, Operations & Implementation

416-656-4100 ext. 2934

Andrea Waters

Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications

416-656-4100 ext. 2941

Ashley Quan

Senior Manager, Research & Government Relations

416-656-4100 ext. 2938

Erin Waddington

Manager, Member Relations

416-656-4100 ext. 2931

Austin Holmes

Manager, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships

416-656-4100 ext. 2937

Gargi Saripalli

Manager, Fund Development & Individual Giving

416-656-4100 ext. 2944

Shanade Thomas

Manager, Operations & Programs

416-656-4100 ext. 2940

Wade Thompson

Senior Digital Marketing & Design Specialist

416-656-4100 ext. 2933

Amanda Proctor

Content Development and Social Media Specialist

416-656-4100 ext. 2946

Jakob Manton

Network Knowledge & Learning Officer

416-656-4100 ext. 2936

Brittany Cox

Operations and Programs Coordinator

416-656-4100 ext. 2945

Lara Onayak

Administrative Coordinator

416-656-4100 ext. 2942

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is comprised of food bank leaders and industry professionals who shape Feed Ontario’s strategic direction.

Meghan Nicholls

Chair

CEO

Food Banks Mississauga

Wayne VanderWees

Vice-Chair

Founder

Freight Managers Inc.

Steve Bhatti

Treasurer

Senior Director, RESL Products and Organization

CIBC

Christine Clark Lafleur

Corporate Secretary

Executive Director

Port Cares

Ryan Noble

Past Chair

Executive Director

North York Harvest

Robin Bailey

Board Member

Executive Director

Burlington Food Bank

Audrie Bouwmeester

Board Member

Manager, School Programs

Dairy Farmers of Ontario

Maureen A. Ford

Board Member

Manager and strategic planning professional

Heather Hayes

Board Member

Director

Orangeville Food Bank

Neil Hetherington

Board Member

Chief Executive Officer

Daily Bread Food Bank

Dan Irwin

Board Member

Executive Director

Partners in Mission Food Bank

Rim Khazall

Board Member

Senior Policy Analyst and Team Lead

Canada Border Service Agency

Sean McFarling

Board Member

General Counsel

LIUNA

Natalie Spooner-Bourgogne

Board Member

Director, Programs and Planning

Ottawa Food Bank

Visit Feedontario.ca

A year of resilience and united strength

Who we are

2020-21 in numbers

FeedON: Growing food distribution amidst a pandemic

29 million pounds of nutritious food (that’s as heavy as the Brooklyn Bridge!)

Fresh food distributed

Food Distributed by Category

Putting food distribution growth in perspective

Feed Ontario COVID-19 Emergency Food Program

Feed Ontario's COVID-19 emergency food programs

Fresh food programs that support local farmers

How FeedON works

Allocating food to communities in a SNAP

Feed Possibility: Standing behind communities

Food transformation programs

Farm to Food

One More Bite

Community programs

Feeding Possibility!

Rural Kids

Efficiency Improvement

Virtual conference: building resiliency

Growing resources and support for food banks in a pandemic

Feed Change: Working together on evidence-based solutions

Hunger Report

Hunger Action Month

Working with government on solutions to end hunger

Feeding the future: Hunger doesn't end with a pandemic

Operation community regeneration

FeedON: Replenish

Feed Possibility: Renew

Feed Change: Strengthen resilience

A commitment to Northern Ontario

Working together, each dollar goes further

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Our partners in fighting hunger

Fresh Food Partners

Food & Consumer Product Partners

Transportation & Logistics Partners

Financial Partners

Sponsors

Network of hunger fighters

Staff

Carolyn Stewart

Amanda King

Stephanie Ashton-Smith

Ervin So

Adelaide Wimpenny

Andrea Waters

Ashley Quan

Erin Waddington

Austin Holmes

Gargi Saripalli

Shanade Thomas

Wade Thompson

Amanda Proctor

Jakob Manton

Brittany Cox

Lara Onayak

Board of Directors

Meghan Nicholls

Wayne VanderWees

Steve Bhatti

Christine Clark Lafleur

Ryan Noble

Robin Bailey

Audrie Bouwmeester

Maureen A. Ford

Heather Hayes

Neil Hetherington

Dan Irwin

Rim Khazall

Sean McFarling

Natalie Spooner-Bourgogne