News & Events

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 22

We are excited to have people here in our community growing fresh food for us through Burlington Together’s Grow a Row initiative and now Burlington

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 19

We act fast when it comes to frozen food. We source it directly from local grocery stores that support us. When meat products reach a

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 18

Things are going well and we have been consistently busy. We are thankful that we have Feed Ontario supplying extra food hampers to us so

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 17

A big thanks to our current volunteers that are doing a great job in serving the need here in Burlington! Whether packing hampers, picking/packing orders

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 16

There’s a few items outside of food that we are always in need of and one of those is personal hygiene products such as feminine

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 15

Thanks to everyone for helping us out with masks. All of our volunteers wear them or the visors when working with us. But we are

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 11

We’d like to thank the Gift of Giving Back who have been a long-time supporter of the Burlington Food Bank. This Saturday from 11am to

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 9

Twenty nine years ago, six hockey wives formed BOWSER (Burlington Oldtimers’ Women Supplying Emergency Relief) with a mandate to help the less fortunate citizens of

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 8

The Burlington Food Bank has been able to serve our community really well and that is thanks to our volunteers and the great work they

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 5

The Food Bank would like to celebrate Local Food Week and also thank Farmer Jack’s here in Burlington for their donation of Ontario-grown LIVE LETTUCE.

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 4

The Food Bank has seen a drastic increase in the number of seniors that are using our services here in Burlington. Since Covid-19 we are

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Robin Bailey

Update – June 3

To give you an idea about the demographic we serve here in Burlington, 40% of the clients we serve here are families with kids. We

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 29

We would like to thank our MPs, our MPPs, our Ward Councillors and our Mayor for supporting us throughout the State of Emergency in Burlington.

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 28

We would like to thank all our community partners in Burlington. The Salvation Army has been a great partner for years located on the east

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 27

As the Pandemic stretches on, we find ourselves short on a few items that we never thought we’d ever be in need of. Currently we

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 26

How do I get a food hamper? Just email us at info@burlingtonfoodbank.ca or call us at 905-637-2273. When you do that, we’ll actually go through

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 22

Over the last week or so we’ve opened up our garden and we’ve been working on it to get everything planned and planted. Lisa Dubski,

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 21

We just received our second shipment of Milk from the Dairy Farmers of Ontario through Feed Ontario today along with a few other orders. We’re

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 20

Jane McKenna was in the Legislature yesterday and had the opportunity to acknowledge the amazing work of local organizations like the Burlington Food Bank, Burlington

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 19

In lieu of our May Long Weekend, Thursday and Friday were extremely busy days for us. This morning we’ve already lined up and additional 18

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 13

We would like to thank our Burlington community for all the local food drives you’ve been doing – it’s the reason we’ve been able to

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 12

Some of you may have noticed our signage at a few bus shelters in town. Pattison Outdoor Advertising gave us a call asking if we

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 11

We recognize that as we keep moving through the covid pandemic, the pressures will continue for families, including financial pressure and we want you to

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 8

We would like to thank the Dairy Farmers of Ontario for donating milk this morning. Our share here from Feed Ontario is 75 cases which

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 7

Currently serving 650 families in April – this is DOUBLE what we did last year April and that’s a 20% increase over March numbers. Just

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 6

We would like to thank our community for your support. We’ve been able to help out 650 families in April alone, approximately 1,500 people and

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 5

Today is Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of giving and unity that takes place today May 5, 2020 as an emergency response

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Robin Bailey

Update – May 4

We recognize that these are stressful times and you may not have ever thought that you’d be in this situation. We are here to help

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COVID-19 Measures

With growing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus locally and abroad, The Burlington Food Bank has had to consider a range of actions to

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