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Your donations throughout the year allow us to buy more fresh foods to fill baskets (bags) for our neighbours. Most weeks, this includes bread, fruits, vegetables and ethnocultural foods. You should also know that Mai, our food bank's Coordinator - pictured below - always makes sure that we get value for these purchases!
If you are donating shelf-stable food or garden harvest, call ahead (613) 230-3982 to make sure someone is on site to meet you.
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211 Bronson Avenue, Room 107 Ottawa ON K1R 6H5 (613) 230-3982 Serving clients on Wednesday and Thursday From 10:30 am to 1:00 pm |
GOOD FOOD POLICY
Good food has the power to build health and improve quality of life. We want to provide our clients with healthy, delicious foods to help them achieve a balanced diet within a limited food budget. This includes maximizing our budget dollars to purchase only nutrient-rich fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes, healthy pantry items and meal supplements for our clients with special needs.
We are committed to the following:
Approved by the Board of Directors , January 2020
Good food has the power to build health and improve quality of life. We want to provide our clients with healthy, delicious foods to help them achieve a balanced diet within a limited food budget. This includes maximizing our budget dollars to purchase only nutrient-rich fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes, healthy pantry items and meal supplements for our clients with special needs.
We are committed to the following:
- Purchasing and accepting large donations of only healthy food with high nutritional value
- Focusing on providing culturally appropriate foods to meet the needs of the clients we serve
- Limiting or removing from our shelves items with no nutritional value
- Providing opportunities to improve food literacy and skills by providing recipes and nutritional information, whenever possible
- Purchasing from local merchants and producers, whenever possible
Approved by the Board of Directors , January 2020
