Introducing Ken Plata, a Lifetime Member Volunteer with the Burlington Foodbank. He’s an absolute delight and we all love him so much. Ken has been

With the current heat warning here in Burlington, it’s a good time to check in on neighbours, family and friends to make sure they’re keeping

We realize that most of us will celebrate the day in the same way we always have and for many of us it will become

We just wanted to thank everyone that donated to the local food drives this weekend. Thank you to the members of Active Community Teamwork for

Somehow the sky opened up a bit and the rain held off during the Neal Family and Friends Bottle Drive on Saturday. Julie and James

Don’t forget the Neal Family Bottle and Food drive on Saturday at North Burlington Baptist Church. Please support them on Saturday June 26 from 9am

Robin is with Tiffany – owner of the Skyway Diner on Plains Road – who have been operating a nice sunny patio while they wait

The Burlington Food Bank provides fresh and non-perishable food, as well as supplies such as diapers, toiletries, and cleaning supplies to its own clients and

Last week we posted an Urban Farm Update with Adria Cehovin and this week, Haig Seferian (Seferian Design Group and also a neighbour) stepped up

Anyone in need of food and living in Burlington is eligible to use the food bank.  In order to limit contact and protect you, our

We wanted to thank our Burlington community for the tremendous support we receive. Many ask where we get our funding from. It is completely from

Big thanks to our community here in Burlington and to Walmart for their Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign and the generous donation of $26,765.72 to

Robin is at Backed by Bees in north Burlington today along with Dave Stotesbury & Vincent Sowa and Mayor Marianne Meed Ward. Products like honey

Robin is with Steven and Marie-Hélène who are both amazing volunteers that we are lucky to have at the Burlington Food Bank. As well they

Robin met with Adria Cehovin for an update about the exciting URBAN FARM here in downtown Burlington (Brant St. and Ghent Avenue). As you can

The Feed Ontario (https://feedontario.ca/) conference helps its members learn about and engage with its network of Food Banks here in Ontario, and maybe take back

If you recall, Julie & James Neal along with a few neighbours ran a huge bottle drive for the Burlington Food Bank during the winter

We would like to thank Harvest Hands from St. Thomas for sourcing some of the most needed items off our website list and bringing that

We are very lucky to have such an amazing group of volunteers with us at the Burlington Food Bank. Every day, Diane organizes and arranges

Robin is with our new Garden Coordinator Samantha LeGrand. Today as you can see there are a lot of seedlings starting to sprout up that

Once or twice a week, our drivers return from both Walmart locations with some product that Walmart won’t be selling, so we are able to

The Food Bank is very thankful for donations of any kind however please make sure that any food donations are dropped off during our normal

The Food Bank is very thankful for the local business partners here in Burlington that have stepped up for families in Burlington. www.FreshWagon.ca stops by

The Food Bank is a long-standing member of Feed Ontario – the province’s largest collective of hunger-relief organizations. Together with food banks, industry partners, and

The Food Bank will be closed Monday so our staff and all of our volunteers can take a day off to relax and refresh. This

We are doing everything we can to make sure we are getting food out to the people that need it in a safe and healthy

Today Robin is with the General Managers (Mark and Shawn) of Leggat Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC on Fairview. TeamGM donated 1,000 masks, that GM manufactured right

The Food Bank will be closed Monday so if you are in need of food support please call us or email before Thursday this week

Freshco (on Brant Street) has been wonderful for supporting the Burlington Food Bank over the past 4 years – Owner (Jason) just wanted to help

Volunteer extraordinaire Jessica Schiff, is collecting donations for the entire month of May and she has provided drop-off locations in Oakville, Burlington and Hamilton; she

Hey what’s with all the straw at that property near Brant St. and Ghent Avenue. Robin meets with Adria Cehovin about the exciting URBAN FARM

We couldn’t be happier – Sam’s Produce dropped off a donation of several watermelons today that will go out to our clients as soon as

We are pleased to introduce Jennifer (Jenny) Seikiel – a recent McMaster university grad that is looking to begin her Masters in the fall. Jenny

Over a year into this pandemic now and we were all hoping we’d be in a safer place right now. Will our clients ever be

We’ve added a few food drives to our website and wanted to thank the wonderful volunteers putting them out there. https://www.burlingtonfoodbank.ca/events/ it’s sad that everything

Through your contributions, one of the greatest improvements made at the Burlington Food Bank this past year is the increase in fresh produce that each

Thank you to Aaron Kendal a 13 yr old from Sir Ernest Macmillan Public School for is amazing thoughtfulness and generosity. Aaron works a paper

Thank you to our federal government for their Summer Jobs Program. Last year we were able to take advantage of this opportunity and were delighted

From time to time we are contacted by a variety of organizations that would like to work with us to help out families in Burlington.

Growing a business is never easy. No matter what the size of your company, you have to be on top of everything – all the

Watch out for your mental health – recognize these are really difficult times that we are going through and be gracious to yourself. Many of

Robin mentioned lately that our volunteers have been noticing our stocks dwindling away. This is normal for this time of the year really as we

Robin is with Jamie Kozub, a Burlington Dad and co-owner of FreshWagon.ca who stopped by the Food Bank today to drop off boxes full of

Robin is part of the Food Security Action Table for Halton and as you can imagine there’s probably a lot of serious food fights at

Once again we’d like to thank our Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and our City Councillors for the incredible job they’re doing for us all, protecting

Robin is with our new Garden Coordinator for the 2021 season – Samantha LeGrand. Sam is currently hoping to get a few foster care volunteers

Take time to take care of the earth around us on Earth Day 2021 today. Also be generous and kind to others along the way.

Food Banks Canada sees positive signs in federal budget especially towards helping young children We’ve heard from the government relations department for Food Banks Canada