Category Archive
Volunteers

The Value of Volunteering

Kathy and her two young sons, Matthew & Christian, are regular volunteers with North York Harvest Food Bank.  Here’s what volunteering with us means to her: “We love volunteering at […]

Posted on October 27th, 2017

More Than a Food Bank

Each year we are blown away by the support from our community!  Without you we wouldn’t be able to make a difference for more than 15,000 people that struggle to […]

Posted on September 18th, 2017

Community Food Spaces
The North York Harvest Food Bank offers a number of programs and services in addition to our warehousing and distribution operations. Our top priority in running these spaces is to […]

Posted on August 25th, 2017

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A Home for Holly

This week’s guest blog is a client story by Holly.  Thank you so much Holly for sharing your story! Guest blog by Holly B My name is Holly and for most of […]

Posted on July 28th, 2017

Soup’s On!

Isn’t it amazing what can happen when a community comes together to complete a project and make a difference? With your generous support, North York Harvest has become the primary […]

Posted on July 7th, 2017

A Family Away From Home

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with the incredible volunteers and clients at the Bathurst Finch Community Food Space.  Located in a tiny room inside Northview Heights Secondary School, […]

Posted on June 16th, 2017

Research Assistants Needed

Exciting Volunteer Opportunity   Food Security Research Assistants We are looking for volunteers to assist our organization to collect data by distributing self-administered surveys to our food bank clients. These […]

Posted on May 23rd, 2017

Everyday Hero

Guest blog by Shirah Stern Not all heroes wear capes. One everyday hero located right in your community is Kayla*. I recently had the opportunity to meet Kayla at the […]

Posted on May 12th, 2017