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Legacy Giving: Donating to charity in Your Will

Donating to charity in your Will Leaving a Legacy of Hope: Shaping Our Community, Together Imagine knowing that the values you hold dear can continue to make a difference […]

Posted on May 28th, 2025

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8 GREAT reasons to run a summer food drive!

8 Great Reasons to Start a Summer Food Drive Food drives are essential in helping 30,000 clients across our network meet their food needs every month. They’re especially important during […]

Posted on May 23rd, 2025

Five volunteers with St. Philip Neri's Table stand inside the food bank with their arms around each other's shoulders, smiling.

St. Philip Neri’s Table: 4 years of community care

Agency Spotlight: St. Philip Neri’s Table In honour of Mother’s Day this month, we’re sharing how a mother and son’s volunteer work strengthens their bond at St. Philip Neri’s table, […]

Posted on May 21st, 2025

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How your support changed a mother’s life

Your support changed a mother’s life Josephine was 20, pregnant, and terrified the first time she came to North York Harvest Food Bank. She was living in a shelter after […]

Posted on May 14th, 2025

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Welcome to Weston Area Emergency Support

Agency Spotlight: Welcome to WAES North York Harvest Food Bank is the primary food bank of Northern Toronto, but we’re more than just one organization. We work with a network […]

Posted on April 25th, 2025

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Community BBQ to Get Out the Vote this federal election!

Removing barriers at the ballot box As the need for food banks is reaching record highs, voter turnout in our community is reaching record lows. There are many barriers stopping […]

Posted on April 24th, 2025

Read our latest Impact Statement!

Building stronger communities, together In this Impact Report, you’ll learn not only who you are helping today, but how we are working alongside our community to fight for long-term solutions […]

Posted on April 23rd, 2025

A group of 30 people hold the red North York Harvest Food Bank banner outside City Hall. Others in the background are holding protest signs for social issues like affordable housing.

Our community mobilized for change – and won!

In December, the City of Toronto declared food insecurity an emergency. In the following two months, North York Harvest Food Bank collected hundreds of petition signatures, sent dozens of letters […]

Posted on February 27th, 2025

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