April 22, 2024Awareness
April 22 is Earth Day, a worldwide environmental movement advocating for sustainability and climate action. Reducing food waste is a simple way that everyone can participate in Earth Day and can help extend the life of your grocery essentials.
View Blog PostOctober 20, 2023Awareness, Food & Recipes, In the Community
Food rescue is a top priority at The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. We have several initiatives that help reduce food waste and provide our community with safe, healthy, and nutritious meals.
View Blog PostJune 12, 2023In the Community
Helping neighbours in need is a community effort. Here at The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, we couldn’t support our community the way we do without the incredible generosity of sponsors like Libro Credit Union.
View Blog PostApril 19, 2023Volunteers
National Volunteer Week is April 16 to 22. Throughout the week, we’re celebrating The Food Bank of Waterloo Region’s more than 2,600 volunteers and recognizing the contributions they make each day so that people in our community have access to healthy and nutritious food.
View Blog PostApril 17, 2023Stories, Volunteers
National Volunteer Week is April 16 to 22. Throughout the week, we’re celebrating The Food Bank of Waterloo Region’s more than 2,600 volunteers and recognizing the contributions they make each day so that people in our community have access to healthy and nutritious food.
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 PostMarch 26, 2019In the News, Stories
In 2016, after receiving a 12,800 pound donation of fresh squash from a local farmer, and subsequently seeing more than half of that donation go to waste on our dock, that we would do better.
View Blog PostNovember 13, 2018Stories
In order to meet the needs and better serve the 34,000+ people in Waterloo Region needing food assistance, it is important to grow and evolve.
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