William told his parents that instead of any birthday gifts he would rather receive $ and then use all of that money to purchased food

We want to point out that this pandemic has been difficult for everyone! We are seeing small businesses struggle and the government at all levels

Just a reminder to our clients that if you arrange for food delivery to make sure that someone is home to receive. We’ve had a

Today Robin is with Christina Mulder, the Director of Programs and Partnerships for Open Doors at St Christopher’s on Guelph Line. We wanted to thank

We would like to thank YourTV Halton for their ongoing community support and more specifically in helping us spread the word in Burlington about food

Lisa Kearns (Ward 2 Councillor) joined Robin downtown today at the cenotaph. This year there will not be a parade or official gathering to mark

We’d like to thank everyone that has been making donations to us. We also ask that you check Best Before dates before you donate. A couple

Thinking back to the beginning of the covid crisis, we had expected an increase in the number of families needing support and we certainly noticed

We wanted to say thank you to the people who ran Halloween food drives and to everyone that donated to them over the weekend. Robin

Its Halloween weekend and here in Burlington we have a couple events supporting the Food Bank. When people let us know about their events we

McCaughey Consumer Products (MCP) is based here in Burlington and helps manufacturers get their consumer products to the Canadian marketplace. Of course their travel-sized segment

This is the time of year that the City of Burlington raises the Gift of Giving Back flag at city hall to kick off a

Thank you to the new Bowser Babes – JOHANNE PATTERSON, ANNE McGRAW, CAMILE KELLY, KIMBERLEY HOLLOWAY, SUSANNE BECKER, KATHY HARWOOD, SUE MALCOLMSON, TANGY RATTRAY, and JO SMITH. Johanne presented a $5,600 cheque

Robin is with Diane Gris who is our Volunteer Coordinator at the Burlington Food Bank. She looks after scheduling our volunteers each day and is

Last night the three boys brought a recruit. This was their third time stopping by to donate food. We have yet to catch these boys

This week we’ve seen a fairly serious increase in the number of people that have asked us for help at the Burlington Food Bank. We

Jasmin is a Burlington Central grade 7 student. While everyone was inside during the shut-down, she began painting rocks to brighten up the neighbourhood, then

Back in March when we were forced to shut everything down, one of our local restaurants that stepped up to support our front line workers and

Normally at this time of year with Thanksgiving just behind us, we begin to see a rise in our stocks – lots more boxes of

We would like to thank Kraft Heinz for their Pantry Day on Friday. Kraft Heinz Canada launched their first ever one-day, nationwide food drive, Pantry

Nickel Brook Brewing has been running their Cause for a Cause campaign in Burlington for the entire month of October. With time running out, they

The Tim Hortons 2020 Smile Cookie Campaign was a HUGE success this year! Burlington Tim Hortons Restaurant Owners collectively raised $69,249 for the Burlington Food

Cole, Thomas and Colby from the Burlington Eagles 07 team stopped by the Food Bank to drop off what they could gather from their family

First day back from the Thanksgiving weekend and our drivers have been busy picking up all the donated food left by very generous Burlington folks.

These three young men showed up last night and dropped off a full bin of food as a donation – anonymously! Two hockey players and

The Burlington Dads drove up to the Food Bank last night at the end of their Food Drive down from Killbride with 167 pounds of

As we mentioned yesterday, each year at this time we host our annual Ride to Provide spin marathon as our own fundraiser. In lieu of

Our Burlington community should be very proud of all that they’ve done to date and continue to do to support each other. Burlington Together (such

The Burlington Food Bank would like to thank Steven Hewson & Marie-Hélène Mongrain from La Crème de La Crème Creamery (with stores in downtown Burlington

Sadly, we’re at the end of the growing season and our garden has done very well this season. We’d like to thank everyone involved with

With Thanksgiving approaching we’ve noticed that in addition to being busier with deliveries, donations at the grocery stores are beginning to pick up. Thanks Burlington!!

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

Robin is with Ben, The Head Brewmaster at Nickel Brook Brewery to kick off their Cause for a Cause campaign for the month of October.

The final week of Hunger Action Month focuses on Donations. We wanted to thank Maria Thornton, owner of Flour Child Bakery in Burlington for helping

The final week of Hunger Action Month focuses on Donations. We wanted to thank the donors that we have who contribute on a monthly basis, either

The final week of Hunger Action Month focuses on Donations. Walmart in Burlington, both the Fairview store and the north Burlington store (at Dundas &

As part of Hunger Action Month and advocacy, Robin met with Todd Smith, Minister of Social Services along with several other food banks in Ontario.

As part of Hunger Action Month at Feed Ontario, this week as members we are focusing on volunteers. A big part of volunteering we get from

As part of Hunger Action Month at Feed Ontario, this week as members we are focusing on volunteers. This week they ran a feature volunteer spotlight

Today, we met with Burlington Oldtimers Slo-Pitch League (BOSL) President Scott Sinclair and Director Carl Camilleri. BOSL ended up the season with a surplus from

Last week on Friday, we met with Robin Evans at the Tim Hortons at Harvester and Appleby, along with her son and manager, Sebastien Evans. 

Thank you YourTV for your story about Tim Hortons and their support the Burlington Food Bank through #SmileCookie week – New Street at Guelph Line.

Today, we met with Lisa Kearns, Ward 2 Councillor and Burlington Food Bank board member. We also met with Tom and Linda Buscarino owners of

Cameron Robins, one of the great Burlington Tim Hortons owners talks about what makes them excited to help out the Burlington Food Bank with Smile

A couple more of our greatest volunteers ever (Board member Mary Gowan) along with (volunteer Margaret Head) joined Robin this morning over at a local

One of our greatest volunteers ever (John Love) joined Robin this morning over at a local Tim Hortons. Each year John helps us out with

Sometimes we advocate for our clients just on an individual basis. A while back Robin was helping out one of our clients and their family

The Honourable Karina Gould MP is our Canadian member of parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the federal electoral district of Burlington.

As part of Hunger Action Month and advocacy, we try to communicate with the Provincial government on behalf of our clients and others that struggle

So glad to hear that the Rotary Lakeshore Burlington Ribfest went so well yesterday! Another example of great people in Burlington coming together to forge