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2011 Hunger Report: The Hunger Games

2011 Hunger Report: The Hunger Games

Locally food sourcing is a scavenger hunt. As fixed costs rise the only flexible cost to cutback to make a budget work is the food budget. People then have turn to food banks to supplement their grocery purchases.

What was originally designed as a temporary solution to recessionary pressures in the 1980s has become a fixture of supports, resources and stop gap measures in an attempt to alleviate hunger.

Ontario food bank use down slightly in 2011, but on the rise again

Submitted by Francesca on March 20, 2012 - 6:47am

Ontario food bank use down slightly in 2011, but on the rise again

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Making ends meet in 2012

Submitted by Francesca on February 25, 2012 - 11:20am

Making ends meet in 2012

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Sponsor a family's heat

Donate through Canada Helps and sponsor a family for oil - through our Winter Warmth program.  We have 12 families on a waiting list but we have no funds to help them

Engaging Low-income Volunteers

Submitted by Francesca on February 6, 2012 - 7:21pm

Utilizing the Internet for research can be both fruitful and fraught with distraction all at the same time.  It’s so easy to leap from thought to thought as you are deep in a thought, and somehow you start at a research council and end up watching a cat play the piano on YouTube.

The United Way of Bruce Grey has released its Winter Warmth report for 2011

The United Way of Bruce Grey has released its Winter Warmth report for the 2011 year.  The United Way of Bruce Grey’s Winter Warmth program provides grants, of up to $500 per funding source or utility, to low-income residents.

 

A day in the life....

Submitted by Francesca on January 31, 2012 - 10:48pm

Working for a United Way is not just a career, a job or something to keep me off the streets, it’s living a life that means really always walking the walk.  It’s sort of like being clergy or a doctor, you’re never off the clock really.  No matter what the social situation, someone will want to discuss work with you.

Bruce Grey Nutritious Food Basket 2011

Submitted by Francesca on January 24, 2012 - 10:17am

Nutritious Food Basket Survey 2011

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Bruce Grey Nutritious Food Basket 2011

Nutritious Food Basket Survey 2011

Simcoe and Muskoka Food Basket 2011

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