Volunteer for Hunger Organizations in Toronto

Bleecker Wellesley Activity Network
200 Wellesley Street East, Suite 119, Toronto, Ontario

We at the Bleecker/Wellesley Activity Network help create a happier, healthier environment for the seniors and disabled. We service a low income community in downtown Toronto, Ontario to help them reach out and break the isolation factor that is so prevelant in our present day society.

To provide our seniors with a feeling of safety, caring and independence. Our focus is to build stronger community awareness to help our most vulnerable residents to develop new friendships and get involved in outside activities making them less lonely and at less risk health and safety wise. Empowering our seniors and the physically or mentally disabled to establish relationships through community events and buddy systems so there is less isolation. Giving them the venues to become more self assured individuals and have others to reach out to break their isolation factor.

Keywords: Seniors · Poverty · Hunger · Disabled

Volunteer Profile of Bleecker Wellesley Activity Network

Blessings in a Backpack Canada
200 Bay Street, Box 84, Suite 3800, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario

Blessings was founded in the U.S. in 2003 to meet the needs of underprivileged children who are fed through government programs at school during the week, and have no food to eat at home on the weekends. So, Blessings arranges to have backpacks filled with food for the kids to take home on Friday evening.

Keywords: Hunger · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Blessings in a Backpack Canada

Daily Bread Food Bank Foundation of Toronto
191 New Toronto St., Toronto, Ontario

Daily Bread Food Bank is a registered charity that is fighting hunger in our communities. Every year thousands of people across Toronto rely on food banks. A distribution hub, Daily Bread provides food and support to almost 200 food programs across Toronto and is the largest provider of food relief in the GTA.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Daily Bread Food Bank Foundation of Toronto

Food Banks Canada - Banques Alimentaires Canada
2968 Dundas Street West, Suite 303, Toronto, Ontario

Food Banks Canada is a national charitable organization dedicated to helping Canadians living with food insecurity. We support a network of Provincial Associations, Affiliate food banks, and food agencies that work at the community level to relieve hunger. Together, our network assists close to 850,000 Canadians who turn to food banks each month.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Food Banks Canada

Foodshare Toronto
90 Croatia Street, Toronto, Ontario

FoodShare is a non-profit organization that works with communities and schools to deliver healthy food and food education. We believe everyone deserves access to affordable high-quality fresh food. Since 1985, FoodShare has pioneered innovative programs like the Good Food Box, impacted what kids eat in school, and improved the way people eat and grow food across Toronto every day.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Foodshare Toronto

Fort York Food Bank
797 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario

FYFB's Food Program provides low-income individuals and families living in our community with a three-day supply of groceries. FYFB is a member agency of the Daily Bread Food Bank and our assigned service area covers the Westside of downtown Toronto, from Yonge to Dovercourt, Lake Ontario to Bloor.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Fort York Food Bank

Meal Exchange
401 Richmond St West, Suite 365, Toronto, Ontario

A national registered charity founded in 1993, we work with over a third of the universities in Canada, and our programs have been run in over 100 communities across the country. For over 20 years, Meal Exchange has been supporting students to develop innovative solutions to address hunger, food insecurity and sustainability on their campuses and with communities.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Meal Exchange

Not Far From The Tree
139-639 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario

Not Far From The Tree is a Toronto-based fruit picking project inspired by 3 things: the spirit of sharing, the desire to give back to our community, and a passion for environmentally sustainable living.

Keywords: Hunger · Environment

Volunteer Profile of Not Far From The Tree

Parkdale Community Food Bank
1316 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario

The Parkdale Community Food Bank sits in the well-known Parkdale-High Park area, home to places such as Sunnyside Beach, The Canadian National Exhibition and Ontario Place. For the last six years we've made it our mission to provide food for those in need, the hungry and the impoverished. At the height of the housing bubble crisis, we've seen an increase of single men and women who'd gone from being the working poor barely able to make their rent, let alone scrounge for money to purchase food.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Parkdale Community Food Bank

Second Harvest
1450 Lodestar Rd., Unit 18, Toronto, Ontario

Second Harvest is the largest food rescue program in Canada. Since 1985, Second Harvest has been picking up donated, surplus food, which would otherwise go to waste, and delivering that food to community agencies in Toronto. Currently, Second Harvest delivers rescued food to over 220 social service agencies.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of Second Harvest

The Stop Community Food Centre
1884 Davenport Rd, Toronto, Ontario

For over 30 years, The Stop Community Food Centre has been at the forefront of dignified, innovative programs that provide access to healthy food; build skills, health, hope, and community; and confront the underlying issues that lead to poverty and hunger. Our wide range of programs include drop-in meals, a food bank, community kitchens and gardens, perinatal and family support, civic engagement, and children and youth education.

Keywords: Hunger

Volunteer Profile of The Stop Community Food Centre

Toronto Foundation for Student Success
2 Trethewey Drive, 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto Foundation for Student Success helps students succeed. We help feed students, addressing issues of poverty, hunger, and poor nutrition, and their effect on education. We continually search for new ways to help children overcome barriers to success in school. We work to provide safe, inclusive environments in which children may thrive. We are advocates for children, acting on their behalf.

Keywords: Poverty · Hunger · Children and Youth

Volunteer Profile of Toronto Foundation for Student Success

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