As the holiday season approaches, food banks across Canada are desperate for donations due to an increasing amount of clients. As inflation hits all Canadians, those who feel the impact most are the vulnerable communities with the highest food insecurity rates.
In the past, Canadians have donated generously to their community food banks, food centres and charities, ensuring the most vulnerable have food on their tables during holidays.
“We've raised more money than last year, but not enough to feed the number of people who now need us,” Meghan Nicholls, CEO of the Mississauga Food Bank, told CTVNews.ca in an interview Wednesday. “We're over the $600,000 mark again, but this year, instead of needing $500,000, we need $1.5 million.” “For small food banks in some communities who perhaps didn't receive more than they needed during COVID, now they don't have that cushion to fall back on now that the general public isn't thinking about those donations like they did during COVID,” she explained.
“This time last year, we were serving about 150 meals a day on average. Right now, we're serving between 450 to 500 meals a day,” she said.
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