On October 4th, Tricia Johnson, Director of Communications and Development at the Ottawa Food Bank, shared insights into the workings of the Ottawa Food Bank. We learned about the farm/garden near Stittsville where they grow much needed vegetables and fruit for use within the Food Bank. We learned about the huge number of clients, 33% of them are children, who need food in our community. The need is increasing so much, while donations have seriously fallen, so much work is needed to support the community. For children, there is an urgent need for diapers and other child-related items. A new larger rented building will help ensure that food is retained at high quality level, insuring that they are able to be distributed in a healthy manner to the public. The only government funding is from the City of Ottawa ($ 400K/year), no funding is provided by the federal government or provincial government. The donations come from the community! Our club helps out raising funds for the Food Bank and organizing food drives at local grocery stores, plus our Merivale High School's Interact Club carries out food drives. Thank you, Tricia for helping to open our eyes further about the community needs and the excellent work being carried out by the Ottawa Food Bank.
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