tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1 2010-03-12T20:14:03Z Movable Type 3.35 tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1.61 2010-03-12T20:10:43Z 2010-03-12T20:14:03Z

We are fully booked for March Break Madness. Thanks to all of the high school students that signed up to help out. We’re looking forward to having you on-site next week. Reminder: Arrive 15-20 minutes before your shift to sign...

Reminder: Arrive 15-20 minutes before your shift to sign in; with your completed application and waiver form, media release form and your donation of choice. Closed-toed shoes are a mandatory, and wear comfortable clothing (layers). See you next week. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1.60 2010-03-11T18:32:24Z 2010-03-11T18:38:13Z

Sign up while there is still time!! March Break is next week and we're excited to have hundrends of high school students come in to volunteer and help us sort out food donations. There are only 12 spots available on...

Click here to find out more. Remember advanced sign up is MANDATORY. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1.59 2010-03-04T15:02:05Z 2010-03-04T16:30:05Z

Spring is right around the corner and Daily Bread is getting ready to launch our annual Spring Drive. During the Spring Drive Daily Bread will be opening its door to the public and asking for help sorting the food donations...

regular business hours. Spaces fill up quickly, so book as soon as possible. There are two shifts available on each day. Choose either the morning shift from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or the afternoon shift from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Groups are welcome! Please note: * Children under the age of 8 are not permitted to volunteer due to health and safety regulations. * Children ages 8-14 require adult accompaniment (an adult over 18 years of age) and a waiver form signed by a parent or guardian. (1 adult per 3 children). * Children ages 15-18 require a waiver form but do not require adult accompaniment. Come out during our Spring Drive and lend a helping hand. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1.58 2010-01-25T19:02:40Z 2010-01-25T19:12:28Z

High School Student Volunteer Opportunities Daily Bread Food Bank is opening its doors to high school student volunteers during March Break. From Monday, March 15th to Friday, March 19th, high school students (grades 9 to 12) are invited to come...

High School Student Volunteer Opportunities Daily Bread Food Bank is opening its doors to high school student volunteers during March Break. From Monday, March 15th to Friday, March 19th, high school students (grades 9 to 12) are invited to come in during our regular business hours. Students will have the opportunity to participate in educational workshops and help sort food donations, while completing their required 40 hours of community service. ADVANCED SIGN UP IS MANDATORY. Click here to find out more and download your application and waiver form. Spaces are limited and reservations will be on a first come first serve basis.]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2010://1.57 2010-01-12T16:49:56Z 2010-01-13T16:21:23Z

Our Holiday Drive was a big success thanks to you. We received so much food that we are in need of volunteers to help sort it all and send it out to people and families who are in need. On...

Advanced sign up is mandatory. There are two shifts: Morning shift 9:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. Afternoon shift 1:30p.m. to 4:00p.m. Or you can choose to volunteer for the whole day at 191 New Toronto Street. To book or find out more please call our main reception 416-203-0050 and ask about our Public Sort. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.56 2009-12-18T15:04:24Z 2009-12-18T16:47:54Z

With 2009 coming to an end shortly and the beginning of the New Year on the horizon the staff at Daily Bread wanted to take a moment to thank all the Hungry City participants. We want to commend each and...

made their mark in 2009. Hungry City’s Annual Writing Challenge is another way you can get involved and take action. Our writing challenge encourages youth to think about poverty and hunger and how it impacts people every day, while coming up with creative solutions to impact change. This year’s theme is: What does hunger mean to you? At a time when people are taking stock of their lives, actions and the year that has passed we ask you to think about our creative writing challenge theme and put your thoughts down on paper. How should we continue to address these important issues? See what you come up with and send it our way! Here are some thoughts and feelings expressed by Daily Bread Food Bank clients during our 2009 Survey. • [Poverty and hunger mean] “I only eat one meal a day. Food costs being what they are, I don’t have enough for a proper diet. No fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, after rent I have to live on $116 per month.” - 2009 Survey respondent with a disability on OW (Ontario Works) • [Poverty and hunger means] “not having enough money to have the children participate in a team with the sport they like most….” - 2009 survey respondent. • [Poverty and hunger means] “deciding whether to pay rent or buy food for your kids.” – Survey respondent with 3 children For more details on this year’s creative writing challenge visit our Hungry City Writing Challenge and download your application today. Submission deadline is March 31st, 2010. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.55 2009-12-07T19:40:07Z 2009-12-07T19:43:39Z

We want to thank all the volunteers that are coming out this holiday season to help us sort out food donations. We count on the help of our volunteers especially during the holidays where we see an influx of our...

ALL volunteer shifts are now full for both days of the Public Food Sort. For those of you who were unable to book spots for our Holiday Public Sort we will have other Public Sorting Days coming up in April for our Spring Drive. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.54 2009-11-26T16:20:40Z 2009-11-26T16:23:35Z

If you aren’t on Twitter, here’s one very good reason to join: the Sounds of the Season Twitter contest! All this week, (at random times) our friends over at the Ontario Association of Food Banks will be asking trivia questions...

@OAFB will announce the lucky winners on Twitter this Friday. @DailyBreadTO will also be twittering away – if you miss an @OAFB tweet, don’t worry – we’ll be reminding you all week and letting you know when you have a chance to win. Thanks to @TorontoCBC for the tickets. Remember – come down to 250 Front Street West on December 4th to see some great musical guests, fantastic radio shows all while supporting a good cause – your local food bank. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.53 2009-11-23T15:48:22Z 2009-11-23T15:55:22Z

On December 4th, CBC Radio One will again host Sounds of the Season – an all day musical extravaganza supporting local food banks across the GTA. Last year, Sounds of the Season helped raise around $300,000 for Daily Bread Food...

Hawksley Workman, Jully Black, Matt Dusk, K-OS, Toronto Mass Choir and Ohbijou. For a full schedule of shows and guests click here. Please come down and join us – bid on the silent auction, or donate money and have your picture taken at the Sounds of the Season photo booth! Non-perishable food donations are always welcome. Your donations are so important – please support your local food bank this holiday season. For the most up to date information on Sounds of the Season, follow @TorontoCBC or @DailyBreadTO on twitter. To donate to Daily Bread Food Bank through Sounds of the Season, you can call us at 416-203-0050 or you can make a donation right now online.]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.52 2009-11-05T15:40:07Z 2009-11-05T15:44:16Z

Daily Bread has a vision to end hunger in our communities. In order to achieve this, it is crucial for us to raise awareness of the issues that contribute to hunger and poverty. Each year Daily Bread Food Bank conducts...

Who’s Hungry report based on the research collected through our annual survey of food bank clients. These surveys help us gain an enhanced understanding of the root causes of hunger, help us inform and educate the pubic and ultimately improve the lives of people struggling with hunger. In 2008 Daily Bread created the Who’s Hungry Youth Guide, which was created to help youth understand the issues and scope of poverty and hunger in the GTA. It’s important that we educate the youth in our communities about these issues. Young people are the future of our community and can create innovative solutions to promote change, but it all starts with education. Our 2009 Who’s Hungry Youth Guide has just come out and we encourage each and every one of you to read through it. Who's Hungry 2009 Youth Guide to Hunger in the GTA If you have any questions please contact Rachel our Public Education Coordinator]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.51 2009-10-27T14:46:51Z 2009-10-27T15:37:51Z

With the help from the community we managed to raise over 633,000 lbs of food, beating the original goal of 500,000 lbs by 133,000 lbs. Although the financial donations matched what was raised in last year’s Fall Drive, they did...

With the help from the community we managed to raise over 633,000 lbs of food, beating the original goal of 500,000 lbs by 133,000 lbs. Although the financial donations matched what was raised in last year’s Fall Drive, they did not reach our much needed goal of $500,000 and remained low with approximately $324,000 raised. Daily Bread’s member agencies continue to report an increase in client visits. Our Executive Director Gail Nyberg is concerned about being able to meet the growing needs of food bank clients. “It is great news that we surpassed our food goal especially considering the difficult year it has been. Food bank usage is up across the province and that is not good news for us,” said Nyberg. “I cannot stress enough the importance of financial donations to Daily Bread Food Bank. Those donations mean we can purchase food in greater amounts at a lower cost.” Financial donations also allow Daily Bread to ensure a consistent supply of the most needed items such as baby formula, or to purchase perishable items such as meat, dairy or fresh vegetables. What can you or your school do to help out? How about a school-wide bake sale? Think creatively about what you and your classmates can do to help Daily Bread reach its goal and meet our financial donation for the upcoming year. Here are a few creative ideas that may help you and your peers plan a fund drive at your school. 1. 50/50 Auction 2. Battle of the Bands or Benefit Concert 3. Car Wash 4. Dress Down Days 5. Fashion Show 6. Halloween Dance 7. Movie Screening 8. Message-O-Grams (Candy, flowers) 9. Sports Tournaments 10. Talent Show tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.50 2009-10-20T20:29:40Z 2009-10-20T20:39:01Z

BRING FOOD TO THE SHOW... STOMP and Mirvish Productions are joining forces to help support Daily Bread Food Bank this week! Here's the deal: go see STOMP on October 23rd, 24th or 25th; bring along a non-perishable food item to...

BRING FOOD TO THE SHOW... STOMP and Mirvish Productions are joining forces to help support Daily Bread Food Bank this week! Here's the deal: go see STOMP on October 23rd, 24th or 25th; bring along a non-perishable food item to drop into Daily Bread Food Bank's box in the lobby of the Canon Theatre. Mirvish Productions will knock $5.00 off the price of your ticket when you buy a ticket at the box-office. The $5.00 deal is for box-office sales only... even if you book on the phone or online why not bring along a non-perishable food item as well? STOMP will thank you; Mirvish Productions with thank you and everyone at Daily Bread Food Bank will thank you. STOMP, the international percussion sensation, is on stage at the Canon Theatre from October 20th - 25th, 2009 only. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.48 2009-10-15T17:33:17Z 2009-10-15T17:34:54Z

On Saturday, October 10th, 2009 the 99 Toronto Red Wings Minor Hockey Team and the Scarborough Young Leafs Minor Peewee Team came in to help Daily Bread Food Bank’s team with our annual Fall Public Food Sort. The teams...

On Saturday, October 10th, 2009 the 99 Toronto Red Wings Minor Hockey Team and the Scarborough Young Leafs Minor Peewee Team came in to help Daily Bread Food Bank’s team with our annual Fall Public Food Sort. The teams came out in full hockey uniform eager to help in any way possible. The teams showed great leadership skills as well as teamwork skills and were a huge help. A BIG thank you goes out to everyone that took time out of their holiday weekend to sort through boxes of food donations. The numbers are in after this Thanksgiving weekend – currently we are at just over 424,000 lbs of food donated which means we have almost reached our goal of 500,000 lbs. However, we are only at $193,000 for our financial goal with just over two days to go. Financial donations go a long way to helping fund the work we do here such as trucks to deliver the food or advocacy work with food bank clients. The Fall Drive ends this Friday October 16th, 2009. Keep those donations coming. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.45 2009-10-09T17:55:14Z 2009-10-09T17:56:07Z

Congratulations to Breakfast Television and CityNews for helping out and setting up at the Metro grocery store on Eglinton at Bayview on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009. On this day BT, CityNews and Metro along with community members came out...

Congratulations to Breakfast Television and CityNews for helping out and setting up at the Metro grocery store on Eglinton at Bayview on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009. On this day BT, CityNews and Metro along with community members came out to help Daily Bread get that much closer to reaching our Fall Drive goal target of 500,000 pounds of food, and $500,000. Each person who donated food at the Metro store was given the opportunity to fill out a ballot for a chance to win 10,000 Air Miles and other great prizes. Daily Bread Food Bank was grateful to the many people who came out throughout the day to donate food and funds. ]]> tag:blog.hungrycity.ca,2009://1.43 2009-10-05T15:00:38Z 2009-10-05T15:15:20Z

2009 has been a difficult year for most. Although there are signs that the economy is turning around, Daily Bread’s executive director Gail Nyberg probably put it best last Friday at the official launch of our 2009 Fall Drive:...

2009 has been a difficult year for most. Although there are signs that the economy is turning around, Daily Bread’s executive director Gail Nyberg probably put it best last Friday at the official launch of our 2009 Fall Drive: “I want to make it very clear that for a large number of people this recession is far from over,” said Nyberg. “The first people to feel the effects of this recession will also be the last ones able to get out of it.” That means it is more important than ever to give during this drive. We are continuing to see increases in the number of client visits this year over last year. With over 1 million client visits to food banks across the GTA last year, we are asking the public to be as generous as possible. This year our goal is to reach $500,000 in donations and 500,000lbs of food. How can you help? You can run your own food or fund drive at your school. You could drop off nutritious non-perishable food items at any fire hall, thanks to the on-going support of Toronto Fire Services. You can even spread the word, and encourage family members to make a financial donation securely online at www.dailybread.ca or by calling us at 416-203-0050. Cheques can also be mailed to 191 New Toronto Street, Toronto ON M8V 2E7. The Fall Drive 2009 runs from September 25 to October 19. Here is a list of our most needed items: ■Baby formula & food ■Beans & lentils ■Canned fruits & vegetables ■Canned fish & meat ■Cans of soup or hearty stew ■Dried pasta & tomato sauce ■Macaroni & cheese ■Peanut butter ■Rice ■Tetra Pak, canned or powdered milk]]>