At the Society we are very fortunate that none of our members have lost their job due to the pandemic, but everyone is feeling its impacts. For too many, including those in our families and our communities, the pandemic has meant the intensification of existing social problems like unemployment, mental health problems, domestic abuse and food scarcity.
To help support Ontarians struggling in our communities the Society has donated an additional $55,000 to food banks and women and children’s shelters. Thank you also to the Young Professionals Network for suggesting a donation to Second Harvest, who works across the supply chain from farm to retail to capture surplus food before it ends up in the landfill which negatively impacts our environment and in turn feeds the hungry.
Here’s a list of organizations that recently received support:
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Clarington East Food Bank |
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Kincardine Ministerial Food Bank |
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Project SHARE (Niagara Falls) |
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Ottawa Food Bank |
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Paul’s on the Hill Food Bank (Pickering) |
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Saugeen Shores Salvation Army Food Bank |
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Salvation Army (Thunder Bay) |
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Daily Bread Food Bank (Toronto) |
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Second Harvest (Toronto) |
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Mississauga Food Bank |
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Burlington Food Bank |
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Food Bank of York Region |
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Barrie Food Bank |
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Timmins Food Bank |
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Thunder Bay Food Bank |
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Herizon House (Ajax/Pickering) |
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Women & Children's Shelter of Barrie |
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Three Oaks Foundation (Bellville) |
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Bethesda House (Bowmanville/Clarington) |
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Interval House of Hamilton |
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Women's House (Kincardine) |
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Women's Place of South Niagara |
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Nippising Transition House |
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Minwaashin Lodge (Ottawa) |
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The Women's Centre Grey Bruce |
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Timmins & Area Women in Crisis |
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Faye Peterson House (Thunder Bay) |
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YWCA Toronto |
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Hiatus House (Windsor) |
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Domestic Abuse Services Oxford |
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Atlohsa Family Healing Services (London) |
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ENAGB Youth Agency (Toronto) |
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Gathering of Rivers Community Care (Thunder Bay) |
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Omushkegiskwew House Family – Moosonee Family Resource Centre |
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Covenant House (Toronto) |
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Cornerstone Northumberland (multiple locations in Northumberland) |
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Cornerstone Durham (multiple locations in Durham) |
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Denise House (Oshawa) |
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Y’s WISH Shelter (Oshawa) |
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Johanne’s House - Durham Youth Shelter (Ajax) |
