PLANNING FOR EXPANSION

Between 2007 and 2019, an average of 50,000 meals were provided per year.  This ballooned in 2023 to a total of over 130,000 meals.

In line with the experience across Canada, inflation has had a devastating effect on fixed income clients and the working poor. Food insecurity continues to increase demands on the Food Bank and other agencies.

Providing increased volumes of healthy, fresh food requires better refrigeration and freezing equipment.

• Current food volumes mean that we need an additional 1000 square feet of warehousing and administrative space;
• Food storage space and delivery space are on two levels increasing risks to worker safety;
• Aging and inadequate chest freezers and coolers cannot satisfy our need for the effective storage of an increasing volume of fresh food;
• More and more food deliveries are palletized.  Without adequate loading space, shipments on pallets must be dismantled by hand and carried into the building.