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Last week the Mississauga Food Bank needed to lay off staff given high demand and reduced fundraising numbers. My heart aches for the staff and the city as a whole who depends on them.
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Food Banks Mississauga lays off staff
Food Banks Mississauga has confirmed 16 percent staff layoffs due to increased financial pressures as it struggles to keep up with surging demand. Alessandra Carneiro reports, some of these layoffs ar...
toronto.citynews.ca
February 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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This Christmas more people than ever, by far, turned to Food Banks. Let’s make 2025 the year we turn the corner and begin to see a reduction in the line ups.
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December 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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“(The) folks who come through the Fort York Food Bank (are) mostly working age — 18 to 45 — and many in fact have jobs. Most new clients (says the “Who’s Hungry” report) have someone in their household who’s working.”

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Andrew Phillips: I volunteer at a busy Toronto food bank and I’ve learned something that should make everyone angry
Most food bank clients aren't from the margins of society, they are the working poor. What they’re short of is not so much food as money.
www.thestar.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:46 PM