September 9, 2019Awareness
Hunger Action Month is an opportunity for Canadians to raise awareness about food insecurity in their communities and work together towards a future without hunger.
View Blog PostSeptember 6, 2019Awareness, Media Releases
Three months ago we launched Full Bellies. Happy Hearts., a summer-long campaign to combat the drastic drop in donations and low inventory we experience leading up to and during the summer months.
View Blog PostJuly 29, 2019Awareness
The Food Bank of Waterloo Region was awarded a 2018 Capacity Building Grant from Feed Ontario and Whole Food Markets. The grant provides food banks in Ontario with funding to grow their capacity to accept, store and distribute fresh food to adults and children living with hunger.
View Blog PostJuly 4, 2019Awareness
Food is a basic human right but 1 in 20 households in Waterloo Region currently lack steady access to the nutritious food needed to live a healthy life. The reality is hunger can happen to anyone; anywhere at any time and finances don’t always meet the basic needs.
View Blog PostJune 26, 2019Awareness
This week marks one year since the grand opening of the Fresh Approaches Food Centre - our on-site food processing facility.
View Blog PostJune 11, 2019Awareness
The award, which was announced at Feed Ontario’s annual conference in Toronto earlier this week, is given to a food bank that shows strong innovation in hunger-relief programming, service or sustainability.
View Blog PostMay 30, 2019Agencies, Awareness
Wendi Campbell (Chief Executive Officer, The Food Bank of Waterloo Region) and Cameron Dearlove (Executive Director, Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank) sit down to chat about the food assistance network.
View Blog PostMay 6, 2019Awareness
There might be more to the old adage, you are what you eat.
View Blog PostApril 5, 2019Awareness, Events
Volunteers are an integral part of helping The Food Bank accept and distribute over 4.5 million pounds of food to 100+ community programs and agency partners in Waterloo Region.
View Blog PostJanuary 18, 2019Awareness
It’s clear we need to change our attitude towards food, make more of an effort to understand labels and the important difference between best before and expiry dates.
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