in the face of reality
Between the rising cost of living and inadequate income support, Saskatoon citizens are struggling to make ends meet … as, the price of food continues to increase, and with this rising cost of living, many families are making tough home decisions, a common reality we as a community face more and more.
City Wide Food Drive
The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre is urging the community to come together for our annual City-Wide Food Drive, a month-long campaign focused on collecting food and raising funds to meet the growing need for emergency food support in Saskatoon.
Don’t let your neighbours fall through the cracks is a reminder that community matters. When businesses, schools, faith groups and community groups organize a food drive, they become part of a City-wide solution to make sure support remains within reach for individuals and families.
This is what the City Wide Food Drive is all about.
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The hard Truth
Monthly, on average, 23,000 people access support through Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre, and nearly 40 percent are children. Behind those numbers are neighbours doing their best to stay afloat, parents skipping meals so children can eat, households making difficult choices between groceries, rent, childcare, transportation and other essentials.
Food insecurity won’t always look the way people expect. It can be hidden behind closed doors, alive in impossible food budgets, or felt in the stress of stretching meals just a little further. Food insecurity can affect anyone. Families with young children, working adults balancing inflation, students on limited incomes and seniors navigating life on a fixed budget.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
There are multiple ways to help:
FOOD drop-off: Visit our food bank or any participating local business to donate.
CASH in-person: head over to the food bank and make your donation.
CASH online: Donate easily and securely through our website.
EVENT create your own: Create your own donation drive, we can provide the barrels for you. SEE BELOW FOR BARREL REQUEST FORM
VOLUNTEER at the food bank: You can also volunteer your time, register today.
SPREAD THE WORD for the food bank: Sharing our social media content on your networks.
FINANCIAL DONATION INFO
Cash or Cheque Donations can also be delivered to The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre at 202 Avenue C South, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1N2 for the City Wide Food Drive.
E-transfers for the City Wide Food Drive can be sent to the Financial Administrator, Lorri Baird, at lorri.b@saskatoonfoodbank.ca. Please provide your address and email in the message.
For any further questions regarding the City Wide Food Drive or any donations, please contact our Executive Coordinator Bella Josue at bella.j@saskatoonfoodbank.ca
A TAX RECEIPT WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN 10 DAYS FOR DONATIONS GREATER THAN $20
BARREL REQUEST FORMS
Please provide a business/company address ONLY
Get involved with the City Wide Food Drive by registering for a food collection bin through the form below. Our team will coordinate with you to drop off the barrel at your earliest convenience and arrange pick-up within the last two weeks of May. After you receive the barrel, rally your team together to collect non-perishables and help impact the community positively! It’s the City Wide Food Drive.
Aren’t sure what you should collect? Check out our Most Wanted Food Categories!
Note: Our warehouse staff is available for barrel drop-off/pick-up during our regular hours of operation, and we primarily schedule on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
