1. Who Is The Food Bank of Waterloo Region? What Do We Do?

2. The Food Bank of Waterloo Region A community based, charitable organization Opened its doors in 1984 Serves Waterloo Region including the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the surrounding Townships of Wilmot, Wellesley, Woolwich and North Dumfries

3. Mission Through community partnerships, we obtain and distribute emergency food from our neighbours for our neighbours

4. Who We Assist  24,400 individuals served 47% are children  29% of those served have a source of employment income.  Growing number of individuals on disability and old age security pensions

5. 3 million pounds in Waterloo Region (Over 75,000 tractor trailer loads of food) Worth $6 million We share food with 66 Member Agencies and Food Programs How We Assist

6. Ways People Access Food We provide food to: –Shelters and hostels Women’s crisis shelter, mens’ hostels –Meal programs Hot meal at lunch or dinner  Over 398,000 meals –Hamper programs Where families or individuals can pick up food for three to five days. Each hamper is packed depending on the make-up of the family –i.e. Milk for children  62,073 emergency food hampers

7. Member Agencies  EMERGENCY FOOD HAMPER PROGRAMS  COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAMS  SHELTER AND RESIDENTAL PROGRAMS  OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

8. Emergency Food Hamper Programs Catholic Family Counselling – National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project (3) Glencairn Bridges Centre House of Friendship Emergency Hamper Program International Gospel Centre Kitchener Church of God K-W Counselling – National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project (5) Langs Farm Village Association - National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project Ray of Hope – Oasis Outreach Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (ROOF) Salvation Army Family Services (K-W) Country Hills Missionary Church First Methodist Church (Cambridge) St. Aloysius Church Food Bank Conestoga College Food Bank – Doon & Waterloo Campus Kingsdale Community Centre – National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project Chandler Mowat – National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project Christopher Champlain – National Child Benefit Outreach Worker Project St. Vincent de Paul Society –St. Anthony Daniel –St. Agnes –St. Anne’s –Blessed Sacrament –St. John’s –St. Joseph’s –St. Mark’s –St. Mary’s –St. Michaels –St. Teresa’s –Sacred Heart –Our Lady of Lourdes Wilmot Family Resource Ctr. Woolwich Community Services

9. Community Meal Programs St. John’s Community Kitchen Ray of Hope – Oasis Outreach Reaching Our Outdoor Friends (ROOF) St. Vincent de Paul Society (Sandwich Program) Living Word Community Church

10. Anna Kaljas Residence Anselma House Argus Residences (2) Betty Thompson Youth Centre House of Friendship –Men’s Hostel –174 King Street –Alcontrol –Kiwanis Residence –Cramer House YWCA –Lincoln Road Housing –Mary’s Place Marillac Place Shelter & Residential Programs

11. Christmas Bureau Hampers School Breakfast Programs Out of the Cold Programs (K-W) Langs Farm Village Association – Youth & Teen Centre Centreville Chicopee – Youth Outreach K-W Counselling – STEAM Program Mayfair Community Room St. Jacobs Family Support Centre Brain Injury Association Other Programs

12. Our Role? Acquire and Share Food –Food Donations from residents Food drives, grocery stores, special events –Food Donations from the food industry Food processors, retail – perishable program $ Donations to help us pick up, sort, store and share with those in need

13. Our Food Bank Community 66 Member Agencies and Food Programs across the Region Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB) Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) The Food Bank of Waterloo Region Our Community

14. Food Donations from Residents 20% of donations come from our community

15. Food Industry Donations 80% of donations come from corporate donors

16. 2 nd Helping Perishable Food Recovery Program

17. Financial Donations

18. The Food Bank of Waterloo Region  12 staff and 1,600 volunteers  30,000 square foot warehouse facility  20 cubic foot freezer/cooler  Fleet of 5 trucks

19. Channel our community’s energy so no one goes hungry. $1 Donated = $8 Emergency Food Shared