A Look at How Daily Bread Food Bank Fights Hunger
August 6, 2021
Since the beginning of 2021, Daily Bread member food banks have seen an average of more than 110,000 visits each month. If current usage rates continue, we are projecting we will see 1.4 million visits… Read More
Spotlight on 5n2, Daily Bread's Newest Member Agency
August 5, 2021
5n2 is one of our newest member agencies serving the Scarborough community. It was founded by Seema David in 2013 and since then they have served over 474,000 people. Seema immigrated to Canada from the Middle East in 2007. While she… Read More
Daily Bread Receives Community Fund Grant from Airbnb and GlobalGiving
August 5, 2021
Airbnb believes in sharing their successes, especially with the communities that Airbnb Hosts, call home. That’s why they created the Community Fund, to distribute $100 million over 10 years to organizations that are strengthening communities… Read More
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Child Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation
August 5, 2021
Before COVID-19, one in four children accessing food banks went hungry according to their guardian. During the pandemic, this number increased to one in three. School closures also meant that many young people were unable to access nutrition programs for the entire… Read More
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Spotlight on Food Donor Dominion Farms
August 5, 2021
Dominion Farms grows, packs, and ships carrots, onions, beets, and parsnips. They are proud to be the longest-running distributor in Ontario. Located in Bradford, Ontario, Dominion Farms ships year-round from their state-of-the-art packing facility to… Read More
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Digital Access and Food Insecurity in Toronto
July 13, 2021
When the COVID-19 crisis began in March 2020, many of us became reliant on the internet for things like school, work, food and medicine deliveries, staying connected with family and friends, and more. However, with mass closures of… Read More
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Agency Spotlight: Feed Scarborough
July 3, 2021
Feed Scarborough (formerly Scarborough Food Security Initiative) began in 2018 as a holiday hamper program in Southwest Scarborough. In the early days of the pandemic, Suman Roy, Chair, saw that… Read More
Agency Spotlight: Toronto Council Fire
June 7, 2021
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre (TCFNCC) is an Indigenous Daily Bread Member Agency that has been serving the Downtown Toronto community for over 24 years! They are committed to… Read More
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Supporting Encampment Residents in a Growing Housing Crisis
June 4, 2021
Access to food and housing are basic human rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, yet one in five people are experiencing food insecurity and at… Read More
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