Canning Area Food Bank
In 2019, the Canning Area Food Bank provided food for 2,771 people (1,562 adults, and 1,209 children). There were 963 households actively accessing the food bank, including 28 new households. The need for support is rising. We are providing food to community members who are hungry. And we know this is a band-aid solution, and that as a community, we need to work together to end poverty and improve food security. Our food bank is learning about how we can support this kind of work.
The Canning Area Food Bank would like to thank our outgoing Chair Alice Veenema, and acknowledge her many contributions over the past few years. Under Alice’s leadership, we have developed a procedures manual, received numerous grants to support our work and bring our community together, and partnered with Glooscap School and SOUP to offer meals. We are now a registered entity, and we are meeting Feed Nova Scotia’s new membership standards. We have also created and filled a Volunteer Coordinator position. With Alice’s support and Peggy Barkhouse’s leadership, we have adopted and made a smooth transition to a shopping model. With the support of the Lion’s Club, and hopefully a few more grants, our space will be enlarged, more accessible, secure during power outages, and more accommodating of the needs of our community members. Thank you for everything Alice. We wish you the very best, and we know you will remain a good friend of the food bank.
If you or someone you know ever need our service, please contact us at (902) 582-3886 or email us at canningfoodbank@gmail.com, or drop by the food bank on Wednesdays from 12:00 – 2:45 pm. We are in the Lion’s Hall, 1000 Seminary Avenue in Canning. Join us on our Facebook page at Canning Food Bank. If you would like to be on our volunteer call list please contact us today.
