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I found a non-profit organization called The Stop Community Food Centre (www.thestop.org). They are located in the downtown core (1884 Davenport Rd Rear Entrance, Toronto, ON).
The Stop Community Food Centre advocates for food security within families due to rising poverty levels in the GTA. They provide programs and services to address the said issue by providing the community with access to healthy and nutritious meals. Aside from providing nutritious meals for families, The Stop Community Food Centre also provides workshops on sustainable food production, cooking, and baking. And they also provide, pre-natal nutrition and support.

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An organization that I found is called "A Place Called Home". APCH is a non profit organization that provides shelter and support services for the homeless or those who are at risk of being homeless. This organization helps youth, adults, couples and families in the Lindsay area since 1995. This resource is beneficial for a variety of individuals living in poverty and needing assistance in getting their basic needs met. They offer shelter, outreach support and after care programs, programs specifically for youth in unstable situations as well as prevention programs. APCH is also able to provide individuals and families with referrals to outside resources to make sure that every single one of their client's needs are met. The link to their website is included below.

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APCH | A Place Called Home | Homeless Shelter in Lindsay, the City of Kawartha Lakes, ON

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A Place Called Home is a 19 bed homeless shelter in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.

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An article that I found is "Escaping from Poverty" by Nicholas Kristof which details some of the statistics about North American poverty and methods that people use to escape it. I think it will be helpful because people who are stuck in a cycle of poverty can read about the fact that they are not alone, and about ways they can move out of poverty and towards a more stable economic status.

The link is https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25kristof.html

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The organization that I have chosen to speak about is called Opportunity For Advancement, it is located in downtown Toronto at 54 Wolseley Street, Toronto, Ontario. At this organization they provide support groups and programs for women and families living in poverty. Within these programs and support groups they offer training for job opportunities. Additionally, what this community centre does is offer outreach to isolated women. The centre focuses on supporting women who are looking for economic self reliance for their family and their self. I believe this community centre would be a benefit for families living in poverty, for example, they have a program called Preparing for change, like mentioned early it helps women gain economic independence. Additionally, another program is Shape Your Life Boxing, within this program they offer a support group that focuses on working with women that have been recovering from mental health problems, furthermore, to help women handle stress and plan for their and their families future.

The link for this resource is: https://www.211toronto.ca/detail/en/81104

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Resource: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

The resource that I chose was the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. The main purposes and goals of this organization is to educate individuals about poverty and the effects of discriminating others based on their lack of wealth, while also working to empower and encourage those living in poverty through the implementation of social justice work that aim to assist members of the population who are currently living in poverty. This organization also specializes in working with members of the indigenous community as well as immigrants who are new to the country and are experiencing poverty as a result. I believe that this organization would be helpful for our profession as it works to provide this population with adequate and safe basic needs and resources such as housing while also doing as much as they can to fight and provide justice to the members of this community to ensure that they are living the best ways that they can given their situations with the hope that they will no longer need these types of resources.

http://ocap.ca/our-work-2/

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Resource: Government of Canada Website
The website I chose as a resource for children and youth who live in poverty is the Government of Canada website. They claim that they have implemented a strategy whose purpose is to reduce child poverty in Ontario by %25 through targeted investments and supports for children and youth. The website highlights some achievements Ontario has made in 2014 in the fight against poverty. This information may give hope to the low-income person who is looking for information and resources. Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children and Youth provides links to supports and services, organized into categories; financial benefits, financial benefits for children and youth, services for youth leaving care, and education programs. The financial benefits include the Ontario Child Benefit and Financial Support for Childcare. Financial benefits for children and youth include Dental Care, Mental Health Support and Services for Youth Leaving Care of a Children's Aid Society at 18. Finally, the education programs include Aboriginal Education Strategy, After-school Program, Life After High School Program, and Urban and Priority High Schools Initiative. These resources are pertinent to the survival of children and youth living under the poverty line, and their families (if they have one). A major contributing factor to social problems like poverty, is misinformation and lack of resources or access to supports. So, the information provided by this website is extremely relevant to low-income families.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/breaking-cycle-poverty-children-and-youth

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An organisation I found is called Family Promise.
Family promise's goal is to help families in poverty to achieve sustainable independence.  They provide food, shelter, and support services for the families that are homeless. This organisation also is there to advocate as well as educate many about poverty and what everyone can do to combat it.

Their vision is,
" A NATION IN WHICH EVERY FAMILY HAS A HOME, A LIVELIHOOD, AND THE CHANCE TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE".

There are 6 programs under this organisation: Shelter Program, Union County Program, Family Mentoring, Community Initiatives, New Beginnings and Houses for Change.

This organisation would be helpful because their 6 programs are related to helping support those living in poverty. It is specific to those cases, specialized programs. It includes having access to counselling, shelter, housing, and more.

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Family Promise is a nonprofit organization committed to helping low-income families achieve lasting independence.

The problem of poverty is complex. It won't yield to a simple solution or a quick fix. It requires an integrated approach that begins with meeting immediate needs but reaches much further to help people achieve independence and to alleviate the root causes of poverty.

Our strategy is to focus our efforts on five programs that work together in a holistic, integrated approach. Because the five programs support one another, each of them is far more effective than it could be alone.

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Family Promise is a nonprofit organization committed to helping low-income families achieve lasting independence. The problem of poverty is complex. It won't yield to a simple solution or a quick fix. It requires an integrated approach that begins with meeting immediate needs but reaches much further to help people achieve independence and to alleviate the ...

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A great resource for educative purposes that I found is the Canadian Poverty Institute. This website enables it's viewers to learn more about poverty all across Canada. The Canadian Poverty Institute recognizes that there are multiple levels to poverty and homelessness not just in Canada, but around the world being: Material, Social, and Spiritual Poverty. Furthermore, the website displays multiple facts about homelessness in Canada. Also on the website, you are able to explore pages upon pages of news, events, the different types of work that the institute have done, and overall what their organization is about.

This resource can be of great importance to CYCs and anyone else of the like because this website offers a collective overview of poverty and homelessness that is present in our backyards. The Canadian Poverty Institute is a website that can serve as a one-stop shop to anyone seeking more information about this issue as well as maybe seeking resources to acquire assistance for themselves, as well as others.

Website: https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/

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This resource that I found was Global Poverty Relief Foundation. This organization. This program supports those who are living in poverty and disaster relief programs. This organization is only staffed by volunteers. The donations received is distributed based of urgent places that need it the most. This website also allows you chose where you would like your donations to go, whether it be an urgent issue, global poverty fund etc.
I believe this resource can be useful because it can provide to those who are in need and is not just particularly for one place, it is open to international places and you can chose were your money is going.

Resource: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/global-poverty-relief-foundation-canada-inc/

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Resource: The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)

ACTO is a non-governmental advocacy organization. This organization supports for Ontario residents who live in poverty, so it can able to provide the shelters for them which helps them afford and live comfortably in Toronto. This organization is part of a legal clinic that focuses on the families who have housing issues due to poverty such as being homeless or struggling to find the housing at a good price. ACTO also provides legal and law reform work, so you can review many documents and information about the laws and human rights of housing.

This resource is helpful for families who are living in poverty. This website can find and help some people the shelters without feeling stressed if they will be homeless for a long time. It offers the "Tenant Duty Counsel Program (TDCP) which provides advice, assistance and resources for tenants who have some problems with their Landlord. It also sets the "Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN), so this program can help low-income Ontarians to manage their financials for paying electricity, natural gas, and other utility costs in their shelters. There already have some questions and answers for tenants who do not know how to buy proper shelter, to find the answers such as bringing the pet in the apartment, to learn paying the rent, to do the steps of moving out and to fight back for getting the human rights to housing. There have some blogs to the readers to learn something or find the answers such as the tips before signing a rental housing lease for the students. This resource can benefit some families that they can gain the knowledge of their human rights to housing in Toronto.

Here is a link to the website: https://www.acto.ca/

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The importance of education in developing countries cannot be overstated. Education can be the catalyst needed to pull families and communities out of the cycle of poverty. Knowledge gives children the power to dream of a better future and the confidence needed to pursue a full education, which in turn will help generations to come. Education also makes a significant difference for adults, particularly when it applies to day - to - day life, including nutrition, healthcare and gender equity. When adults learn, they become role models to their children, who also wish to learn.

This resource is helpful because it. helps children's and adults. It teaches them the benefits of respecting their children's rights.

Here is the link to the website
https://www.childfund.org/poverty-and-education/

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This year I was the recipient of Tropicana Community Services "Robert K. Brown Scholarship. As Michelle H mentions in her post, Tropicana Community Services is a Non-profit multi-service organization that provides various resources for those in need and they are also partnered with many like organizations. Furthermore, I am an employee of the West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre and we provide many services ranging from after school programs, newcomers programs, youth justice programs as well as drop in sports programs where we open our gym to the community throughout the week. Check out the websites for more info.
http://tropicanacommunity.org
https://www.wsncc.org

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The organization I am adding happens to be on elf my favourite charities. It is Covenant House. Covenant house targets the homeless and struggling youth population in Toronto. Covenant House also offered support for struggling families. Covenant house provides services and even offers parenting classes and family information. Covenant house helps offers plenty of services like Prevention, Crisis Care, Support, Independence, and even after care.

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Covenant House Toronto | Homeless Youth Shelter

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Covenant House Toronto provides 24/7 crisis care to homeless youth, aged 16 to 24, and has a range of services, including education, counselling, health care and employment assistance.

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I found a website called World vision and it is an article that is called "breaking the cycle of poverty" this article discusses major points such as the actual cycle of poverty and how it affects people, also how you can break the cycle. The website also discusses "Economic Empowerment" and I think that topic fits in the category of our field as CYCP's because if we can be a positive influence towards people that need that support I believe that you can and I can break the cycle for that individual or individual's life. I think World vision is such a great organization because on how much they help community's around the world and I believe that this website can teach everybody about not just poverty but other topics that us CYCP's face everyday.

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The cycle of poverty is about more than a simple lack of resources. It's a complex issue that requires digging a little deeper for sustainable solutions. That's why World Vision works alongside communities to empower families, build their resilience and lift them out of poverty - for good.

What is the cycle of poverty?
The cycle of poverty begins when a child is born into a poor family. These families often have limited or no resources to create opportunities to advance themselves, which leaves them stuck in the poverty trap.

On paper, the cycle of poverty has been defined as a phenomenon where poor families become impoverished for at least three generations.
Help children break the cycle of poverty
How does the poverty cycle affect children?
Children are most affected by the cycle of poverty. Children are dependent on their guardians and therefore can't pull themselves out of poverty because of their young age and lack of resources.

Children living in poverty are more likely to experience:

Illness due to unsafe water and poor sanitation

Malnutrition

Lack of access to education

Inadequate health care

Children answer questions in their classroom in Ecuador. Photo: World Vision.
What can break the cycle of poverty?
There is hope for breaking the cycle of poverty. World Vision Canada works in more than 50 countries worldwide, helping children in some of the most vulnerable communities.

Education
One of the biggest contributors to ending poverty is ensuring children have an education. For any child, education can open doors to the future that would otherwise be locked tight. Children who are not in school are at greater risk of exploitation and early marriage. They're on track for a much lower income once they grow up. This limits the future for their own children, thus repeating the cycle of poverty generation after generation.

However, even the most basic education - reading, writing and arithmetic - can open doors to futures that would otherwise be shut.

Adults with even a basic education are better equipped to run a business - for example, to keep accurate records and to secure loans to expand their ventures. They can read correspondence from potential business partners and write responses.

Girls who stay in school are less likely to marry early, contributing to their overall health and well-being. They can more effectively teach their children, helping lift an entire generation.

Women water their crops in South Sudan. Photo: Jon Warren

Economic Empowerment
Breaking the poverty cycle is a complex process - but one thing seems consistent. A child's parents have the greatest influence on her economic well-being.

World Vision works to raise the economic well-being of individual households, helping to break the poverty cycle within that family. People whose businesses are blossoming hire others to help them, breaking the cycle of poverty for other families. In time, the entire community is lifted.

World Vision empowers people in four main ways:

Microfinance

Savings groups

Market/value chain development

Training small business owners

Using these approaches, we empower people to start their own businesses, learn savings habits and improve their farming. This in turn helps them provide for their families.
Learn more about how World Vision ensures it's making the greatest possible impact.

What can I do to break the cycle of poverty?
Short-term solutions don't end poverty and our goal is to eradicate it completely. This means empowering people to lift themselves out of poverty. At World Vision, we've found that the most powerful way to do this is by working together.

Through child sponsorship, we bring Canadians alongside children living in some of the world's hardest places and send them on a collective journey of transformation.

When you sponsor a child, you help provide them and their community with access to life-transforming necessities like education, safe water, economic empowerment and better nutrition. This is how we end the cycle of poverty: together.

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The cycle of poverty is about more than a simple lack of resources. It's a complex issue that requires digging a little deeper for sustainable solutions. That's why World Vision works alongside communities to empower families, build their resilience and lift them out of poverty - for good.

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Tropicana Community Services, is a Toronto-based multi-service organization that provides all youth, newcomers, people of Black and Caribbean heritage and others in need with opportunities and alternatives that lead to success and positive life choices.They provide programs such as counselling,child care, education and employment services for youth. Tropicana Community Services Organization is to serve disadvantaged youth and their families, particularly those from the Caribbean culture. They are patterned with

Toronto Public Health

Toronto Catholic District School Board

West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre

Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough

Kids Up Front

Read 2 Rap

This is a wonderful resource to use for youth and families that need support around poverty.
Here is the link to the website for more info: http://tropicanacommunity.org/

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An organization I found is called Agincourt Community Services Association. This organization provides tons of programs e.g. Child & Family, Youth, Homeless Drop-In & Outreach Services and much more. This organizations main purpose is to be there for homeless people 24/7 so they will feel better because they have support they can trust.

This organization will be helpful because homeless people have limited access to mostly food. this organization has the resource for homeless people. Furthermore, homeless people can't survive a day without food.

For more information, here's the website link.
https://www.agincourtcommunityservices.com/

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The agency that I was able to find was Raising the roof. This agency is to help prevent homelessness before it happens. You can get involved in this campaign and help put together events to educate youth about how to prevent them from experiencing homelessness. they work with  and help more than 50 community agencies each year. This agencies main purpose and focus is to help prevent the population of homelessness. You can sign up to be a part of there newspaper handouts each month that allows you to see any upcoming events as well as the progress they have made.

This agency is important since it will aloow you to get involved in something that will change youths lives as well as educate people on homelessness. By getting involved in this agency as a CYC you will get experience working with youth that are on there own and you will need to advocate for them and by being apart of this agency you will be able to.
Here is the link to the website.
https://www.raisingtheroof.org/news-and-events/

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The agency that I will use as my resource is the Canadian Women Foundation. This agency funds the communities where the need is greatest in Canada. They focus on four issues: prevention of gender-based violence, women’s economic development, girls’ empowerment, and inclusive leadership. The agency work brings community organizations together across Canada to share Knowledge and solutions in order to bring changes into the current system.

The Canadian Women Foundation is a group of a national community leaders, issue experts, advocates, and donors that is raising awareness about gender equality. They have fund life-changing economic development programs designed especially for women. Such programs as learning a skilled trade, starting a small business, or getting work experience.

This agency is important for CYC in their practice because more than 1.9 million women in Canada live on a low income. Certain groups of women are more likely to live on a low income than others. Helping women who live on a low income also helps their children, putting an end to a generational cycle of poverty. Poverty costs taxpayers and the government billions of dollars each year. This agency helps reduces poverty and empowers families.

Their website is: https://www.canadianwomen.org/about-us

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An organization I found for families and children living in poverty is Front Line Outreach. It is a religious outreach group that takes in and helps families that are impoverished through providing these families with housing or shelter, food, programs and other opportunities for working there way out of poverty. Some other events that Front Line Outreach holds through the involvement of churches is community barbecues and dinners, donation of winter wear and toy drives, a Ribfest fundraiser and more. I think it is helpful as many people rely on religion and church as help for them in the darkest or toughest times of their lives, and knowing how inclusive this organization is said to be it seems very helpful of a variety of children and their families who may need the support.

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Camp Dakota captivates kids from a very young age with stories, sports, games, crafts and music, all for the purpose of helping them understand they have great value as a person which is the foundation to having great self esteem.

Kids learn many life lessons based on the stories and parables of Jesus and other significant world leaders who walked the talk. Values such as watching out for the underdog, not being judgmental, good decision making, media awareness and cyber bullying, mercy and forgiveness, and peacemaking.
Day Camp runs for 6 weeks during July and August for children ages 5 to 12.
Campers are children who reside in government funded low income housing communities, and can be fully sponsored and funded through donations and bursaries from Jumpstart. No child is turned away.

Activities include sports such as basketball, field hockey, wide games such as capture the flag & prisoners base, track and field, soccer, Frisbee, hip hop dance as well as crafts and story time. Please insert some stock photos and we will send you some as well.

Youth Leadership in Training runs for 7 weeks for youth ages 13 to 16. Youth are trained to become leaders through instruction, mentoring and hands experience. Many have been campers in the Camp Dakota Day Camp Program and are now prepared to become leaders.

There is a strong emphasis on building healthy self esteem through good sportsmanship, social and environmental justice and issues relating to bullying and diversity in all of its forms.

To sponsor a camper or Leader in Training for $150 CLICK HERE.

There is an ongoing monthly program where the camp activities continue for the campers who registered during the summer.

We hope to raise $40,000 for the Camp Dakota this summer. This will enable us to run a full eight weeks and serve hundreds of kids.
Camp Dakota Summer 2016 Video Review
Summer lunch program delivers healthy meals to at-risk children in Oakville - Oakville Beaver -July 18
Front Line Outreach's RibFest for Camp Dakota
"The underlying purpose of the camp is to build self-esteem for the campers, LITs (leaders in training) and staff," he said, noting in eight weeks, the camp touches the lives of more than 300 children aged five to 12 years." Ron Shantz Read More

Front Line Outreach's annual fundraising Ribfest was held at Piper's Heath Golf Course on June 20th. Guests enjoyed delicious ribs and chicken, along with all the trimmings, using fresh local produce. Raffles and a silent auction only added to the fun evening. All funds raised at the event will be going to support Camp Dakota, which provides onsite Day Camp, at no cost, to children who reside in low income housing communities in Oakville. Read More

'Start children off on the way they should go and even when they are old they will not turn from it' Proverbs 22:6

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One resource that I was able to find was a website to a community service dedicated to homeless families and youth. This service it a non-profit and or faith-based organization that help homeless families and youth get back up on their feet, and to get them the proper amenities they need in order to have a roof over their heads, food, clean water, and hygiene products as well. The community service is also funded by individual or corporate donors, foundations or government grants, as the activities may be carried out by staff, students and/or volunteers.

This resource is helpful as it allows those of specific needs get the proper help they need. Such as if one needed counselling, legal assistance, and or medical assistance, this program is able to help one get in contact with people that can help them, so they can have to opportunity to get the proper help they need.

Here is the link to the website: https://www.homelesshub.ca/about-homelessness/service-provision/community-services

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One resource that I was able to find online for families and youth living in poverty is Campaign 2000 which I found on the Family Service Toronto website (https://familyservicetoronto.org/our-services/programs-and-services/campaign-2000/). The purpose of this campaign is to educate the public on child and family poverty in Canada (Family Service Toronto, 2018). The campaign’s goal is to urge the Canadian government to address child and family poverty and make strides to end poverty in Canada as promised by the all-party House of Commons in 1998 (Family Service Toronto, 2018). I think that this resource is helpful since it is advocacy based and in order to create social change, there needs to be social support for the issue. I also think it is helpful since the goal of this campaign is for the government to acknowledge the issue of poverty and provide better resources to families and young people. This is important since the current governments way of addressing poverty is social assistance financially when the way to fully eliminate poverty is to provide resources, increase social supports and create opportunities for those affected by poverty (Nguyen, 2017). To learn more about Campaign 2000, you can visit their website: https://campaign2000.ca.

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Pathways to Education, born out of Toronto’s Regent Park in 2001, now is a national, charitable organization breaking the cycle of poverty through education.  Not only award-winning program is offered for youth in low-income community to overcome barriers to education, but also other innovative programs are provided to help youth get prepared for tomorrow. The Pathway to Education Programs the programTM, which is available to all students of high school age within certain communities including Toronto, provides a comprehensive set of academic, financial, social and one-on-one supports to youth.  To learn more about Pathways model, click here.
https://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/

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The organization that I will be speaking on is called Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities. This organization is located in Scarborough, from 1977. They offer resources such as food, clothing, furniture. Also, working in partnership with the food bank, meals on wheels, and housing help. This organization understands the importance of being an helping hand with getting families back on their feet.

SCHC offers resources for the elderly like, friendly visits, assisted living, home support programs, and many more. They are seeking volunteers and donations daily. To gain better knowledge of SCHC please click the link below.

https://www.schcontario.ca

Please enjoy the video below

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Thank You to all the volunteers that supported us this year! So thankful for your engagement, dedication and hard work!

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Feed the Need in Durham (who works along with Food banks Canada) is an organization that provides perishable and non perishable foods to families living in poverty. Did you know that 13% of Canadians live in a state of food insecurity. Feed the Need in Durham takes donations from public but also groceries stores give their extra food to them for people in need. They also have plenty of events to raise money to help families living in poverty and to feed those hungry bellies. Here is a link to their website and volunteer opportunities: https://feedtheneedindurham.ca/
Here is a link to a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xs3zYo-ZPE

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Did you know that 31 billion dollars worth of food goes to waste every year in Toronto?  Below is a video about the "Feed It Forward" program which was started by Jagger Gordon, a local chef from Toronto.  Basically, he takes food that would have normally  been thrown in the trash and makes sure that it is given to the homeless.  He feeds anyone who is in need on Monday nights at Nathan Phillips Square.  To learn more about Feed it Forward, click here. https://feeditforward.ca/aboutfif/

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Free Meals with Canada's First Pay What You Can Toronto Restaurant

Jagger Gordon's mission began in 2014 after he witnessed the copious amount of food going to waste following every catering gig he hosted with his catering company, Jagger Gordon Catering. He saw a problem and knew there had to be a more efficient way of dealing with our food wastage issue. To test his theory, Jagger decided to open up a pop up kitchen in the Trinity Bellwood Park, on Queen Street West in Toronto. Within three hours, he served over 300 meals to the community for free with food that would have otherwise been destined for the landfill. His theory was recognized by this simple test and his deep desire to feed those less fortunate became his vision and mission in life...Feed Families was born.

Feed Families started with one freezer placed on a private property and filled with frozen healthy meals which were made available for 10 families. Over a short period of time that one freezer turned into seven freezers and shortly thereafter, those 10 families turned into a significant amount of families and individuals in need of the Feed Families freezer program. The name change to Feed it Forward took place in 2015 because of Chef Jagger's vision of the widespread need for a greater reach. His entrepreneurial spirit took shape and he started at the grassroots level, with a small army of dedicated volunteers, serving over 1200 people a hot meal during the Christmas of 2016 and then continued to offer hot and nutritious meals on the streets of Toronto, every Monday night at Nathan Phillip's Square. This carried on for months until he realized that one night per week was simply not enough.

Jagger came upon a unique opportunity to capture one of the shipping containers outside the Scadding Court Community Centre. At first he was told there was a waiting list, but after hearing his story, a shipping container was fast tracked and on May 4, 2017, The Soup Bar was launched. The first ever Pay What You Can Free Restaurant in the city of Toronto. Soon he captured the hearts of many restauranteurs, farmers and growers, and bakeries who continue to donate food to his cause. Every day Jagger reinvests every monetary donation that is received to buy luncheon meat to make sandwiches and healthy ingredients to make his hearty, exotic soups to entice the taste buds of his paying and non-paying customers.

In eight short months, Feed it Forward has become a well-known name not only in Toronto, but cities and towns nationwide. Thanks to various social media channels, local news providers, media outlets, faithful supporters, community talk and appreciation, Feed it Forward has grown at a rapid pace, allowing Chef Jagger to be involved in more branches of the Feed it Forward organization. This past year we were able to feed over 2000 people a healthy, hot and festive Christmas dinner. Chef Jagger is now rescuing food from Ontario grocery stores, farmers and growers, bakeries, distributors, and restaurants. Thousands of kilos of food a week that would have been destined to garbage bins, are rescued and made into delicious and healthy soups and healthy snacks for those in need. Presently we are also delivering food to four Inn Out of the Cold Programs and Shelters in the GTA.

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Jagger Gordon's mission began in 2014 after he witnessed the copious amount of food going to waste following every catering gig he hosted with his catering company, Jagger Gordon Catering. He saw a problem and knew there had to be a more efficient way of dealing with our food wastage issue.