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New Report Reveals a Dramatic Increase in the Number of Senior Citizens Accessing Food Banks in Ontario
December 03, 2018 05:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) released its 2018 Hunger Report today which revealed 501,590 individuals turned to a food bank last year...
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Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) to release its annual Hunger Report on December 3rd– including new data on hunger and food bank use in Ontario
November 27, 2018 10:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks will release the findings of its 2018 Hunger Report on Monday, December 3rd, 2018. This year’s report discusses food...
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Ontario Association of Food Banks Honours Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Gay Lea Foods With Paul Mistele Memorial Award
November 02, 2018 08:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
GUELPH, Ontario, Nov. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is pleased to announce Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited (Gay Lea Foods)...
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LCBO raises funds for Ontario Association of Food Banks
August 17, 2018 09:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starting August 19th, 2018, the public can help support the Ontario Association of Food Banks by making a donation at any of the more than 660 LCBO stores...
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Ontario Association of Food Banks Releases Statement on Cancellation of Basic Income Pilot and Cuts to Social Assistance
August 01, 2018 09:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the Ontario Association of Food Banks released a statement on the announcement made by the Government of Ontario regarding the Basic Income Pilot and...
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SUBWAY® restaurants in Ontario raise over 151,000 meals to help address summer hunger
May 28, 2018 09:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, May 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SUBWAY® restaurants across Ontario have partnered, once again, with the Ontario Association of Food Banks to address summer hunger. Through the ‘Make...
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New Report Reveals Almost 500,000 Ontarians Needed a Food Bank Last Year Due to Rising Cost of Housing and Insufficient Social Assistance Rates
November 27, 2017 05:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) released its 2017 Hunger Report today which reveals that 499,415 individuals – one third of them children –...
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Media Advisory: Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) to release its annual Hunger Report on November 27th – including new data on hunger and food bank use in Ontario
November 23, 2017 13:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks will release the findings of its 2017 Hunger Report on Monday, November 27th, 2017. This year’s report discusses food...
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One Million Servings of Ontario Pork for Families in Need
September 28, 2017 06:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is pleased to announce that Ontario Pork’s Friends of the Food Bank program has donated its one-millionth...
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September is Hunger Action Month
September 05, 2017 06:00 ET | Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Sept. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This month alone, over 335,000 adults and children will visit a food bank in Ontario. In a country like Canada this may seem hard to believe, and yet...