Make the Season Kind
CBC’s annual month-long event, Make the Season Kind – formerly known as Sounds of the Season, is back again!
Support North York Harvest Food Bank through CBC’s Make the Season Kind to ensure that families experiencing hunger can access the nutritious food they need.
Food bank use across the city has reached crisis levels. The usage is at an all-time high for the North York Harvest network, which serves nearly 30,000 people each month. 25% of our visitors are children and 10% are seniors.
Join the CBC Sounds of the Season Open House on December 6! Learn more at cbc.ca/kind/Toronto.
Make a Financial Gift
Help brighten the holidays for families experiencing hunger with a gift to North York Harvest through CBC Make the Season Kind. In doing so, you will help provide emergency food support to those experiencing food insecurity this winter.
By phone: Please call our operators at 1 (866) 416-KIND [5463]
The donation hotline will be staffed 8:30am – 4:30pm every weekday (except holidays) from December 1- 31, except December 6, when lines will be open from 5:30am – 7:00pm.
If we are unable to answer your call, please leave a message and a member of our team will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Food Donations
Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at our main office and warehouse location at 116 Industry Street, Toronto, ON, M6M 4L8, weekdays from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm.
When dropping off food, please call ahead at 416-635-7771 x 0 to notify our staff of the time of your arrival. Bring your vehicle around to the back of the building complex and look for the North York Harvest signage.
Food donations can also be dropped off at local fire halls and designated bins at participating supermarkets.
Click here to download our list of most-needed items.
Other Ways to Support
Join the CBC School Challenge!
Calling all publicly funded elementary schools across Ontario.
Launching November 13, the CBC School Challenge invites students and teachers to explore how food insecurity is impacting their local community.
Click here to learn about the CBC Sounds of the Season School Challenge.
Participate in the ’12 Days of Giving’
Want to teach your children about the importance of giving and helping others?
Perfect for families with young children, ‘12 Days of Giving’ is a great activity to prompt conversations with kids about hunger, poverty, privilege, social justice, and empathy.
Click here to download the ‘12 Days of Giving’ worksheet.
See above for options on how to drop off your food donations.
Since 2002, CBC Toronto Sounds of the Season has raised over $11 million in support of food banks in the GTA and across Ontario.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact us at support@northyorkharvest.com or 416.635.7771 ext. 2100
Thank you for supporting the North York Harvest community this holiday season through CBC’s Make the Season Kind holiday campaign!