Daily Bread Food Bank

Swifties, we are now entering the final week of the Taylor Swift Way online auction! Before we go back to December, we are releasing the last remaining signs for bidding. From today until December 1, bids can be placed on: 🌟One of five Queen St W sign toppers 🌟 Though Taylor Swift | The Eras has officially wrapped in Toronto, we're grateful to be able to continue celebrating this exciting moment in time through our online auction alongside the City of Toronto and Rogers Communications, which is helping raise funds for emergency food programs. This week is your last chance to bid, and we're wishing you the best of luck! 💖✨ Learn more and place your bid at: https://lnkd.in/gQXX2VQu 📷: Black Ram Media Group Inc #WeAreDailyBread #TorontoTSTheErasTour #taylorswift #erastour #toronto #endhunger #foodbank #taylorswiftway #auction #swifties #torontoswifties

The One Of A Kind Show is one of the largest craft shows in North America, and we're honoured to share that Daily Bread Food Bank has been chosen as this year's official Give Local charity! 💛 Running from now until December 1, this means that when attendees purchase tickets to the show, they can add a charitable donation to Daily Bread to provide emergency services for Toronto neighbours in need this holiday season. If you'll be attending this weekend, come say hi to our team — we’ll be on-site to collect donations in person on Saturday, November 23, and Sunday, November 24. Our CEO, Neil Hetherington helped kick off opening day by serving as a judge in the Tinsel Town competition. Makers were tasked with submitting a One Of A Kind piece in their medium on theme, and Neil joined judges Emma Gaudio from VIBE Arts, and Caleigh Ellis from Moneris to make their selections. Thank you to the team at the One Of A Kind Show for their wonderful support! To learn more or visit the One Of A Kind Show, head to: https://lnkd.in/gQstTy8t 📷: Black Ram Media Group Inc #WeAreDailyBread #OOAK #GiveLocal #Toronto #CraftShow #Artisans

Earlier today, Neil Hetherington, CEO at Daily Bread Food Bank, joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and community partners in announcing $108.5 million in federal funding to expand Ontario’s Student Nutrition Program. This will provide an additional 9.8 million meals to Ontario children annually and will ensure that 160,000 more students are reached by the end of this school year — a meaningful step toward addressing child hunger across the province. This follows the City’s commitment in October to expand current programming and create a universal Student Nutrition Program—an ambitious and necessary goal that Daily Bread Food Bank has been proud to support. We continue to call on the federal and provincial governments to match municipal funding for Toronto’s Student Nutrition Program and to flow funds rapidly, so that every child can get the support they need to learn, grow, and thrive.  Learn more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3CD8skX #WeAreDailyBread #StudentNutritionProgram #ChildHunger #Advocacy #FoodInsecurity #EndHunger #TOPoli #ONPoli #CanadianPoli

Today is National Housing Day. We're reminded that the right to housing is fundamental, yet out of reach for far too many of our neighbours, friends, and family. For Toronto’s food bank clients, the housing crisis is a driving force behind their record-breaking 3.49 million visits to food banks in the past year. Many must choose between paying rent and meeting their other basic needs. Our latest Who’s Hungry report underscores the reality that food bank clients are left with a median of just $7.78 per day after paying rent and utilities — grossly inadequate for food, transportation, and other necessities. And that is one heartbreaking stat of many. This National Housing Day, let’s demand justice. The solutions exist, and the time to act is now. Addressing this crisis will require bold policy action, including:  ➡️ Expanding the supply of deeply affordable, social, and supportive housing;  ➡️ Strengthening rental protections like rent and vacancy control to preserve affordability; and,  ➡️ Increasing income supports and wages to ensure people can afford the basics. Write to your elected officials today, urging them to champion policy solutions that will address housing unaffordability, poverty, and food insecurity at their core. Take action at: https://lnkd.in/g2BdJpq3 #NationalHousingDay #TakeAction #Advocacy #PublicPolicy #ONPoli #TOPoli #WhosHungry2024 #EndHunger #FoodInsecurity #Poverty

Join CBC for their annual celebration of community and kindness in support of local food banks, with Make the Season Kind. Here are six ways you can get involved this holiday season: 💛 Donate funds 🎙️ Join us for a live CBC radio show on December 6 🎒 Check out the new School Challenge 😊 Make the 12 Days of Giving part of your holiday tradition 🥫 Donate food 📣 Spread the word Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gCwYsknN Thank you for your generous support of Daily Bread through CBC’s Make the Season Kind!  #MakeTheSeasonKind #WeAreDailyBread #FoodBank #EndHunger #TorontoFoodBank #FoodInsecurity #HolidaySeason #GiveBack #GetInvolved

Yesterday was the official unveiling of the Light the World Giving Machine at the CF Toronto Eaton Centre 🌟 Until December 8, donations can be made through these special vending machines to seven charities, including Daily Bread Food Bank. Located on the second floor of the Eaton Centre (right outside the Apple store), donors can select items that include breakfast for a child, a hot meal, stocking a pantry and more. During the unveiling, Neil Hetherington, CEO at Daily Bread Food Bank expressed his gratitude for our organization being one of this year's charity partners, at a time when food bank usage is so high. Thank you to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for covering all operating costs for the machines, so that 100% of the donations made can go directly to your charity of choice 💛 To learn more about the Toronto Giving Machines, visit: https://lnkd.in/gKuinMf3 📷: Black Ram Media Group Inc #LightTheWorld #GivingMachineToronto #WeAreDailyBread #Donations #HolidaySeason #Charity #TorontoNonProfit #FoodBank #EndHunger #FoodInsecurity #GiveBack #LocalCharity

We're happy to share that until November 24, all of the proceeds from Holiday Smile Cookies sold in over 300 Toronto-area Tim Hortons will support Daily Bread Food Bank and Tim Hortons Foundation Camps. We're so grateful that Daily Bread has been chosen as a charity partner once again, especially as we approach the holiday season. Thank you so much for your support in spreading kindness and giving back to your community 💛 Click here to learn more about the campaign and the locations supporting our efforts: https://bit.ly/4forauW 📷: Black Ram Media Group Inc #WeAreDailyBread #HolidaySmileCookie #TimHortons #CharityPartner #Toronto #TorontoNonProfit #Community #HolidaySeason

Calling all Swifties! We're excited to share that we're releasing five new Taylor Swift Way street signs for auction this week! Drumroll please 🥁 Today until November 24, bids can be placed on: 💛 The last four John Street; and 💛 The final Blue Jays Way sign topper These are the only remaining signs of this kind. So if you were hoping to take home either a Blue Jays Way or a John Street sign topper - this is it! We're so grateful to the City of Toronto and Rogers Communications for donating the signs to Daily Bread. At a time when more than one in 10 Torontonians is making use of food banks, the funds raised through this auction will go towards ensuring that neighbours facing food insecurity are able to get the support they need. As this week marks the final Toronto leg of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, we hope these signs make your *wildest dreams* come true 🌟💖🎼 Learn more and place your bid at: https://lnkd.in/gQXX2VQu 📷: Black Ram Media Group Inc #WeAreDailyBread #TorontoTSTheErasTour #TaylorSwift #ErasTour #Toronto #EndHunger #FoodBank #TaylorSwiftWay #Auction #Swifties #TorontoSwifties

As part of the Make the Season Kind holiday campaign, Daily Bread Food Bank, Feed Ontario, and food banks across the province have partnered with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, to launch the CBC School Challenge! The Challenge is open to publicly funded elementary schools across the province, and invites classrooms to explore how food insecurity impacts their local community. If you would like to participate, simply head to: https://bit.ly/4fJmlfB Register your class using the form, and download the Challenge toolkit and resources to get started! Submit your entry by December 20, 2024! A total of nine pizza lunches will be awarded courtesy of Pizza Pizza. Thank you for your leadership, curiosity and care about food insecurity and its impact on our communities. #MakTheSeasonKind #SchoolChallenge #FoodBank #EndHunger #Poverty #FoodInsecurity #Community #Ontario

On November 12, Charity Intelligence Canada released its list of 2024 Top Canadian Impact Charities, and we are honoured to share that Daily Bread Food Bank earned a spot on the list. In addition, were also named one of the Top 10 Impact: Canadian Food Banks and Top 5 Impact: Toronto Charities. These lists are created by Charity Intelligence to help donors find the Canadian nonprofits making the greatest impact. Research analysts determine top impact charities by looking at one key aspect of an organization’s performance: for every dollar donated, what’s the measurable return to clients and society? The Top 10 Canadian Impact Charities are the 10 charities operating programs in Canada that demonstrate the highest value created per dollar spent. Thank you to all of our volunteers, donors, supporters and team members who support us in our mission to end hunger in our community and make the work that we do possible 💛 Learn more about the ratings at: https://bit.ly/3OcyWMo #WeAreDailyBread #Charity #CharityIntelligence #TorontoCharity #FoodBank #EndHunger #Toronto #NonProfit #TorontoNonProfit