One of the things people ask about charities is “where do you get your funding from?” We do not receive any government funding and completely rely on community donations so we are very grateful to the corporate and personal donations we receive from people in Burlington. All levels of government have been helpful and supportive to us and to Feed Ontario and Food Banks Canada during this time as best they can, but we don’t actually receive any funding from them. We thank the corporate/business partners in the community that stepped up to provide us with donations – right now we are using those funds to purchase food supplies. We rely on corporate donors since our fundraising events have been postponed during the crisis.

We also can’t say enough about the individuals in our community that have stepped up in so many creative ways – we are so thankful for the Burlington Together Grow a Row gardeners and to the Burlington Green Grow to Give gardeners. Lisa Dubik our Garden Coordinator has been working overtime volunteering  and is setting up a 2nd harvest.  The other great thing about our garden is the incredible group of volunteers and the team that they have become, thank you to all of these volunteers!! If anyone is interested in joining the team please email Lisa at garden@burlingtonfoodbank.ca