At the end of September we noticed a substantial increase in the number of people using the Burlington Food Bank. We are now asking the community to consider supporting us here as the traditional food drives aren’t happening as they used to. In fact about 40% of our clients this year have never had to use the Food Bank before. We have seen the biggest increase in our seniors served, and our delivery model due to Covid has been a huge help to this group, which are some of our most vulnerable community members. We’ve had over 2,700 unique individuals have to receive help from us at least one time, already this year, that’s 44% more than all of 2019 and that’s just our organization. Usage numbers are on the rise…

Leading into Thanksgiving, as you are out shopping for your groceries maybe pick up an item or two from this list: https://www.burlingtonfoodbank.ca/most-needed-items/ and know that you are helping those in need of food assistance.