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Religious organization

• provides worship services, baptisms, weddings and funerals
• offers children's day camps, gift baskets, bible studies, youth ministries and hospital visitation
• provides marriage counselling
• conducts food drives and supports humanitarian aid programs

Network organisation working collectively towards food security, food literacy, and economic growth for their region

• works to connect, inform, and empower public leaders, producers, processors, community members, and organisations to build a stronger and more resilient food community

Advocacy efforts include:

• poverty reduction and access to food for all, increased opportunity for redeveloping food skills
• community maintained green spaces for learning and gardening
• local food procurement for the Broader Public Sector, greater municipal support for the local food industry and small-scale farmers, and cross-sectoral planning and policy development

Programs and initiatives supported by the network include:

• Green Food Box Program
• PRSDG Local Food Map
• SDG Community Garden Network
• community kitchens and traditional food skills workshops
• farm-to-school tours and classroom presentations
• farmers' markets
• food-focused community events
• notable events include the 10 Day Local Food Challenge, the Incredible Edible Plant Festival, Seedy Sunday, and the Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival

Anglican Church

• holds weekly worship services
• pastoral care
• parishioners donate to local food bank
• supports overseas missionary activities
• provides quilts to critically ill people

United church

• holds regular worship services
• supports Rideau Hill camp
• gathers food and money for Lazarus House on the first Sunday of each month
• support vacation Bible school

United church

• holds regular worship services
• supports Rideau Hill camp
• gathers food and money for Lazarus House on the first Sunday of each month
• support vacation Bible school

Poverty reduction initiative

• public education
• information on community services
• calendar of events

Lunch and Learn:

• monthly program
• residents can attend an hour of education and/or entertainment followed by an hour for lunch and socializing
• free transportation to and from the program available

Green Food Box:

• monthly program offered twice per month, once in North Dundas and once in South Dundas, where residents can buy produce as a collaborative

Good Neighbour Award:

• an annual award given to one adult and one youth in each of the two townships within Dundas County
• nominations come from residents who want to acknowledge the hard work, dedication, and kindness of neighbours

EXPO:

• annual March Break fun day at Maple Ridge Centre that includes a host of exhibitors consisting of agency representatives ready to discuss/explain the services and resources available to Dundas County residents

Welcome Dundas:

• welcome bags consisting of information about agencies, organizations, municipalities, and businesses are available to newcomers to North and South Dundas

Project Warmth Dundas County:

• Dundas County's low-income individuals and families receive free window insulation kits in the fall

Heat for the Holidays:

• Dundas County food bank clients who heat with wood are eligible to receive a free month's supply of wood

Information Forums:

• these change year to year, in 2017 there was a Basic Income Forum; in 2018 there will be a housing event called Home Sweet Home where there will be information related to housing issues from one end of the spectrum (hidden homelessness) to the other (buying or owning your own home)

Frequent changes in programs. See website or Facebook page for most up to date offerings.

United church

• holds regular worship services
• supports Rideau Hill camp
• gathers food and money for Lazarus House on the first Sunday of each month
• support vacation Bible school

COVID-19 (20 Jan 2021): Core program offered in various location in Leeds & Grenville. Contact us to find out more.

Offers drop-in style services for youth where they can access food, basic need items, and compassionate staff members.

Information website on food security in Ottawa

Central food collection, warehouse, and distribution centre for a network of emergency food programs.

• distributes donated and purchased food among members (community food banks, meal programs, emergency food cupboard programs, school snack programs, women's and men's shelters

Programs include:

• KickStart: feeds children from low-income families year-round
• Baby Basics: supplies member agencies with items such as baby food, cereal, diapers, wipes and form
• Community Harvest: initiated to increase the amount of fresh, healthy produce distributed to families and individuals using food bank and meal programs; currently grows fresh fruits and vegetables on approximately 7 acres of land
• Volunteer opportunities
• Home delivery: for those who cannot leave their home for a number of reasons including illness, injury, mobility issues, age, single parent, and more

Local food waste diversion program

• volunteers redirect surplus food from local business to food banks, community organizations

Government of Canada's agency responsible for funding health research in Canada

Consists of 13 virtual institutes that bring together all partners in the research process - the people who fund research, those who carry it out and those who use its results - to share ideas and focus on what Canadians need: good health and the means to prevent disease and fight it when it happens

Details and contact information for each institute is available through the website under Institutes;

• Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• Institute of Aging
• Institute of Cancer Research
• Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
• Institute of Gender and Health
• Institute of Genetics
• Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
• Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
• Institute of Infection and Immunity
• Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
• Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
• Institute of Population and Public Health

Non-partisan organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada

• works to address the structural causes of and to promote lasting solutions to poverty, material deprivation, and social exclusion
• focuses primarily on addressing poverty from a international human rights perspective through human rights education
• policy development
• engagement with international human rights mechanisms

Volunteer-based social enterprise engaged in revealing, harvesting and sharing the fruit and nuts around Ottawa

• volunteer-led harvests, educational programs, and partnerships

After harvest events, ¼ is delivered the nearest food agency, ¼ is shared with the property owner, ¼ is shared amongst the harvesters, and ¼ is left with Hidden Harvest Ottawa

Food centre

• offers various food-based services for the community

Services includes

• community events
• volunteer opportunities
• community advocacy
• community kitchen
• youth entrepreneurial programming

Food safety education

• courses to certify food handlers

Topics include:

• role of Public Health Inspector
• procedures for restaurant inspection
• food preparation safety
• allergies
• home study option may be available

INSIGHT - Food Safety Disclosure Program:

• online database of inspection summary reports for food premises in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark
• reports can be accessed by the public online at healthunit.org/health-information/food-safety/insight-food-inspection-reports

Information on:

• safe food handling at home
• starting a food based business
• food recalls
• food allergies
• food at festivals
• special events

Food program

• offers weekly or bi-weekly food hampers
• offers daily meals to individuals in need
• operates the Free Food Kiosk: daily anonymous food pick up program

Meets on an informal basis to address poverty issues

• promotes the endeavors of CPAN (Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network)
• gives support and information dealing with poverty issues
• financial emergencies and homelessness

Increasing access to healthy food

• The GROW Project teaches Grade 5-8 students about good food, the food system, community, and collaboration through school gardens and curriculum-connected workshops
• Food policy and engagement work with partners throughout the Kingston

Volunteer gardening/food donation program

• farmers and gardeners plant and grow an extra row for donation
• volunteers deliver harvest to 40 local agencies and fresh food market stands in the community

Volunteer program to salvage harvest surplus crops and reduce food waste

• volunteers help deliver healthy product to over 40 shelters, meal programs and fresh food market stands

Central facility for collection of food for distribution to charitable organizations that are operating feeding programs and to individuals or families

• donations welcome

Coalition committed to taking solution-based action on issues affecting people living in poverty

• advocacy
• Back to School Campaign providing school supplies for those in need in August

Domestic program -- financial support to child nutrition programs in First Nations communities across Canada

Overseas program -- long term community development in areas of food security, education and capacity building

Assistance in developing programs which focus on financial literacy and coaching, helping people with low income to file taxes and access government benefits, improving access for low income people to safe and affordable financial services and helping them to build savings and assets

• consumer protection and education
• also policy development, program management, information exchange, capacity building, public education and research

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