The Parkdale Community Food Bank sits in the well-known Parkdale-High Park area, home to places such as Sunnyside Beach, The Canadian National Exhibition and Ontario Place. For the last six years it’s been our mission to provide food for those in need, the hungry and the impoverished. We’ve seen an increase of families barely able to make their rent, let alone purchase food.

The Parkdale Community Food Bank:

• serves up to 2,000 people each month.
• distributes between 3.5 and 5 tonnes of food each week.
• commits $5,000 a year for additional food purchases, such as milk and eggs.
• relies on 50 committed volunteers to make the food bank work.
• sees a role for the food bank in helping people economically reintegrate into the community.
• provides advocacy services to our members on issues of housing, social services and abuse, wherever possible. We hope to expand these services.