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The Halton Region Community Investment Fund (HRCIF) supports a wide range of non-profit human service programs that enhance the health, safety and well-being of Halton residents, by providing one-year and multi-year grants to programs and initiatives through two categories of funding and is part of Halton's overall approach to community safety and well-being planning

The two categories of funding include:

Category One:

• provides one-year funding to non-profit, charitable and unincorporated community organizations for short-term, innovative or small capital projects
• grants are awarded up to a maximum of $30,000

Category Two:

• provides up to three years of program funding to charitable organizations

Centralized intake to connect to local food delivery programs and resources

Meals on Wheels: makes hot or frozen meals available to individuals who have physical and financial limitations * offers menu of choices to suit everyone's dietary needs * hot or frozen meals delivered by volunteers

Food Advisor Supports: Helps to direct to the most appropriate food supports programs and services available in community based on clients needs and circumstances

Partnership with Halton schools working to improve the learning capacity, health and well being of children and youth via student nutrition programs / healthy food at school

Programs include:

• breakfast
• classroom baskets (Healthy Food Bin)
• salad bar lunches
• high school meal cards

Helps local churches and organizations connect with local subsidized housing communities for the purposes of poverty relief and community investment

Food Bank

• weekly food distribution
• food supplied by Food for Life
• fresh food and canned goods are distributed

More than a Meal

• prepared dinners delivered to homeless, elderly shut ins and in special circumstances

Community barbecues and dinners

• coordinates on site summer barbecues and community dinners at subsidized housing sites
• gives the participants opportunities to get to know each other, moving them from loneliness to engagement

Camp Dakota

• an outreach program that serves children and youth who live in subsidized, low income housing communities
• a summer day camp program run in Halton Region and 5 sites in Toronto
• activities include basketball, field hockey, wide games - capture the flag & prisoners base, track and field, soccer, frisbee, hip hop dance, crafts and story time
• all programs are provided at no cost to the camper or the family
• see website for more information

Healing Wheelz

• the bike doctor (Phil Carver) makes house calls and does on site bike clinics to do bike repairs so no kid is without a bike
• if it can't be repaired on site, he'll take it to the shop
• for those who want to learn how, he will provide training to become a bike doctor

Father's House Cafe

• held every Mon evening from 5 pm-9 pm from Sept to June
• a coffee house format, where the atmosphere is warm and inviting, refreshments are served, personal stories and experiences are shared, encouragement is given, prayer is available and the unconditional love of God dispensed

Life Happens

• program helps neighbours living in poverty, connect to community resources through advocacy and referral

Winter outerwear distribution

Christmas toy distribution

Annual fundraiser in May

Activities include:

• bringing the root causes of poverty to the attention of elected officials and encouraging them to take action
• public awareness and education by means of a speaker series
• advocacy
• community development
• campaigning for a living wage and income supports

Activities include:

• makes multi-year funding investments in the community support network of human service agencies that deliver critical, prevention-based programs and services, regularly evaluates funded programs and initiatives and analyzes investment results
• works collectively to design long-term strategies for program delivery, share research and provide assistance to improve governance and administration practices
• researches and investigates the root causes of challenging social issues in order to develop strategies that ensure lasting change
• partners with the community (school boards, governments, academia, unions, business leaders, neighbourhood residents and funders) to ensure coordinated, collaborative action and to develop local solutions

Halton Poverty Roundtable (HPRT) is a strategic program area which connects, educates and acts on issues related to poverty in Halton

• increases education and awareness of poverty and creates opportunity for community action

Distributes healthy food packages to over 100 schools supporting over 1,000 elementary school students in Halton

• food items are packed by volunteers and delivered to schools every Friday
• at the school, the food package is placed discreetly into the student's own backpack helping to shield the child from any stigma associated with hunger or receiving food assistance
• each child in the home receives their own food package, even those not school aged

Food4Kids provides backpacks of healthy food for kids with limited or no food during weekend periods and summer months

• food items are packed by volunteers and delivered to schools every Friday morning
• at the school, the food package is placed discreetly into the student's own backpack helping to shield the child from any stigma associated with hunger or receiving food assistance
• each child in the home receives their own food package
• programs are 100% funded by community donors and one-time grants

Provides children and families internationally and in vulnerable communities in Canada with food and the essential nutrients they need:

• school feeding programs that not only supply educational and health benefits, but contribute to gender equality, food security and poverty alleviation
• works with communities to grow sustainable food and promote public health education, improved seeds and better farming practices result in increased agricultural productivity which improves overall nutrition in the community

Seeks to break cycles of poverty by increasing children's access to quality education and developing the next generation of leaders through

• secondary and post-secondary scholarships
• life skills training
• community education initiatives

Works to strengthen the well-being of children and families through:

• promoting health and nutrition practices
• work on the prevention of major diseases and provide opportunities to augment maternal and child health

Across Canada, Speroway supports communities in need, including First Nations communities, refugees, and other vulnerable groups

• distributes food, warm clothing, and hygiene items to families in need through partners across the country, including food banks, community centres, women and children shelters, churches and schools

Collects surplus perishable food (fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat and prepared foods) from both retail and wholesale food suppliers and grocery stores

• redistributes fresh, nutritious food so that everyone has access to healthy food

Provides food support through:

• Neighbourhood Food Programs (see link to find food programs in your community)
• Mountainside Market in Burlington
  
  

• access to computers and telephone

Organizes food drives to support local food banks and poverty reduction initiatives

• partners with Second Harvest to secure fresh food and divert it from the waste stream, including but not limited to bread, pastry, prepared food and meat

Food and financial donations support:

• Grace United Church 'Food Pantry and Community Support'
• Forestview Church 'Next Door Social Space'
• North Burlington Baptist Church

Food donations can be dropped off at the following grocery stores:

• Metro, 2010 Appleby Line at Upper Middle Rd
• Freshco, 3505 Upper Middle Rd at Walkers Line
• Sobey's Extra, 1250 Brant St (Power Centre)

Financial donations:

• official tax receipts for income tax purposes will be issued
• make cheque payable to "NBBC-Burlington Food Share" and mail to NBBC 1377 Walkers Line Burlington ON L7M 0Z1

• no onsite food bank at this location

• must meet eligibility criteria, for information visit https://www.foodbanksmississauga.ca/get-support/food-bank-2-home/

• Resilience Festival
• TreeMobile
• Guelph Community Orchard
• Guelph Urban Farm Tour
• The Grow Garden
• Resilience Awards
• Inner Transition
• Guelph Walking Friends
• Intentional Communities Guelph

• training and education
• volunteer opportunities

• advance registration required for both food donors and receivers, form on website
• available throughout Canada
• also information on how to reduce food waste at home

• Food Market
• Clothing Market
• Food Skills Classes
• Breakfast Program
• Ease into Work
• Guelph Community Backpack Project (coordinated by Hope House in partnership with Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition and Salvation Army); collection, packing, and distribution of backpacks and school supplies for children and youth throughout Guelph
• Affordable Holiday Gift Market
• Hope in Motion
• Hope Smiles (dental care program for community members who volunteer or participate in Circles)

• Good Food Distribution - partners with local schools and emergency food providers to increase the amount of fresh food available
• Garden Fresh Box- monthly affordable food box program
• Community Food Markets - sliding-scale prices and community space
• Fresh Food Prescriptions- piloting food as medicine
• Good Food Work Experience - programming and employment opportunities for youth
• Guelph Youth Farm- urban farming project in partnership with St Joseph's Health Centre and Everdale
• Souper Heroes - volunteer fundraising and community building around food
• Upcycle Kitchen - diverting food waste into healthy value added products and meals

• referrals to local food banks and meal programs for persons in need of food
• information, referral, advocacy and crisis support related to income supports and government entitlements (such as Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program)
• community services related to housing, legal, mental health, abuse and other issues
• volunteer opportunities

• collects, stores, distributes food to over 130 social service agencies
• supports food programs that provide meals or groceries to people in need across the Greater Toronto Area

• public education, research and initiatives on hunger, poverty and reducing need for food bank use
• conducts public food drives
• online food donation via credit card available

• to set up an account, place an order or learn more email orders@foodshare.net

• individuals can order fresh produce boxes and other food items online at
  goodfoodbox.foodshare.net
• agencies looking to order Good Food Boxes in bulk and have them delivered to a central location, email orders@foodshare.net

• directory of locations and opening hours/dates online at foodshare.net/program/markets/