Our Spring Food Drive is around the corner and once again we are inviting local high school students to join us to put in a little hard work, collect some community service hours, and have fun!  We will have a morning (9:30am-12:30pm) and afternoon (1:00-4:00pm) shift on April 9, 22 and 23, and will begin accepting applications on March 1^st.  This is a very popular program and we want to allow lots of volunteers to participate, so students will be asked to choose just ONE shift when they first register.

Food sorting will take place at The Mississauga Food Bank warehouse – 36 – 2550 Goldenridge Road, Mississauga L4X 2S3.

The food drive is also popular with young families, so applications will be open to the public after March 15^th.  Please note that children between 8 and 13 will require parental supervision.  Children under 8 may be tough to keep track of in our busy warehouse, so we recommend they cheer you on from home.

Registration will happen through our online database after March 1^st, so please complete an online application or, if you have already applied, please update your profile, then follow these instructions:

1.       Click on the My Activities tab

2.       Click on Activity Sign Up

3.       Select Event Day Support – Spring Food Drive Sort

4.       Select ONE preferred shift

You will be contacted by email to confirm your shift no later than April 1^st.

Our Spring Food Drive is around the corner and once again we are inviting local high school students to join us to put in a little hard work, collect some community service hours, and have fun!  We will have a morning (9:30am-12:30pm) and afternoon (1:00-4:00pm) shift on April 9, 22 and 23, and will begin accepting applications on March 1^st.  This is a very popular program and we want to allow lots of volunteers to participate, so students will be asked to choose just ONE shift when they first register.

Food sorting will take place at The Mississauga Food Bank warehouse – 36 – 2550 Goldenridge Road, Mississauga L4X 2S3.

The food drive is also popular with young families, so applications will be open to the public after March 15^th.  Please note that children between 8 and 13 will require parental supervision.  Children under 8 may be tough to keep track of in our busy warehouse, so we recommend they cheer you on from home.

Registration will happen through our online database after March 1^st, so please complete an online application or, if you have already applied, please update your profile, then follow these instructions:

1.       Click on the My Activities tab

2.       Click on Activity Sign Up

3.       Select Event Day Support – Spring Food Drive Sort

4.       Select ONE preferred shift

You will be contacted by email to confirm your shift no later than April 1^st.

It’s been a while since we’ve added any thoughts to our blog, but don’t worry – they’re coming!

In the coming months, members of our staff will be sharing their reflections on working at The Mississauga Food Bank, what it means to fight hunger and feed hope, and their thoughts on the charitable sector as a whole. Next up will be Robin Harding, our Manager of Volunteer Resources.

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ALL SHIFTS ARE NOW FULL.

Our Spring Food Drive is around the corner and once again we are inviting local high school students to join us to put in a little hard work, collect some community service hours, and have fun!  We will have a morning (9:30am-12:30pm) and afternoon (1:00-4:00pm) shift on April 22 or 23, and will begin accepting applications on March 1^st.  This is a very popular program and we want to allow lots of volunteers to participate, so students will be asked to choose just ONE shift when they first register.

The food drive is also popular with young families, so applications will be open to the public after March 15^th.  Please note that children between 8 and 13 will require parental supervision.  Children under 8 may be tough to keep track of in our busy warehouse, so we recommend they cheer you on from home.

Food sorting will take place at The Mississauga Food Bank warehouse – 36 – 2550 Goldenridge Road, Mississauga L4X 2S3.

Registration will happen through our online database after March 1^st, so please complete an online application or, if you have already applied, please update your profile, then follow these instructions:

1.       Click on the My Activities tab

2.       Click on Activity Sign Up

3.       Select Event Day Support – Spring Food Drive Sort

4.       Select ONE preferred shift

You will be contacted by email to confirm your shift no later than April 1^st.

From companies organizing internal food drives, individuals dropping off non-perishables at their local fire hall or grocery store, and religious groups having a collection barrel in their foyer, this is a great way for the Mississauga community to come together to ensure their neighbours don’t go hungry this Spring, as the food from this drive carries The Mississauga Food Bank through the summer.

Watch for our logo in your community and donate!

Our goal for this year is 60,000 lbs of food!

To register your community food drive, for more information on how to run a food drive or what items are most needed, please visit www.mississaugafooddrive.org.

For the volunteer Sorting Days (April 9, 22 and 23), you can find out how to register here.

Join us for our Annual Fundraising Gala, this year called “Fly Me to the Moon”.

For all the details, please go to our Gala page.

In honour of our 25^th Anniversary, we are asking you to donate $25 for 25.

Whether it’s $25, $250, $2500 or more, your donations go a long way to feed those who are hungry in our community.

So what does your $25 for 25 contribution do?

• $25 – With a financial donation of $25, The Mississauga Food Bank can distribute $210.25 worth of donated food – that’s enough to feed a family of 5 for their once monthly visit that provides 7-10 days worth of food?
• $250 – With a financial donation of $250, The Mississauga Food Bank can distribute $2102.50 worth of donated food – that’s 841 pounds of food to breakfast programs that allows them to feed kids in need before they head off to school.
• $2500 – With a financial donation of $2500, The Mississauga Food Bank can distribute $21,025 worth of donated food – that’s 8410 pounds of food to be supplied to one of our member agency food banks – enough to feed 336 people!

If you would like to make a special $25 for 25 donation, please go to our donations page and make a gift – choose $25 for 25 in the dropdown list.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Meghan Nicholls!

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Thanks to the Mississauga community for your incredible support during the month of December! From third party events to food drives, and personal donations and corporate ones, we were very fortunate to receive amazing food and financial support!

So now for the totals!

FOOD – 191,449 pounds of food were raised for the hungry in Mississauga! That represents 7-10 days of food for over 7,500 of our hungry neighbours.

FUNDS – During the month of December we received 37% more in donations than we had budgeted for. Thank you to those of you who donated – we appreciate your support! Financial donations fund the operations side of a food bank – distributing food to those in need.

Keep your eyes open – it’s about that time of year again!

Official tax receipts for donations made in July-December 2010 were mailed out on February 16, 2011.

On behalf of The Mississauga Food Bank and our member agencies, it is our sincere pleasure to say “thank you” for all the ways you contributed to fighting hunger and feeding hope in 2010.

Each month, The Mississauga Food Bank holds a Food for Thought event. This is a 1 hour information session designed to introduce people from the community to The Mississauga Food Bank. These events are held on a Wednesday evening. Starting promptly at 6:00pm and ending at 7:00pm following a tour of the facility.

This is an excellent means to gain insight into the impact The Mississauga Food Bank has in your community and is definitely an hour well spent!

Please let us know at info@themississaugafoodbank.org if you will be joining us!