Ensures that nutritious food and clothing donated are distributed safely and effectively to communities agencies that serve vulnerable populations.
Student Food Box (formerly Children’s Weekend Wellness) (Allocations): Provides nutritious food, specifically on weekends, for children identified by teachers as experiencing food insecurity. Packages of food are provided each Friday throughout the school year for children and their family.
Concession Street Warming and Drop-In Centre (Reaching Home): Funding supported the Warming and Drop-In Centre located at 218 Concession Street, which provides support to those who are housing and/or food insecure and lack a connection to community. The centre is operated in partnership with Kingston Home Base Housing to provide overnight shelter and supports, and Lionhearts Inc. for meal services, as well as daytime programming.
Adelaide Warming Centre (Reaching Home): A low-barrier warming shelter providing overnight spaces for individuals/couples and access to basic needs services for those who are unhoused.
Adelaide Weekend Drop-in (Reaching Home): As an expansion of the overnight shelter services, this program provides weekend drop-in services to increase access to a safe, warm space and basic needs services during the day, for those who are unhoused. This also includes funding for cold weather resources for Concession & Adelaide shelter guests.
Food Rescue Program (Allocations): Collects and sorts large amounts of donated food from multiple corporate partners and distributes manageable quantities of the food, daily, to frontline agencies for their meal programs and clients.
Community Nutrition Program (Allocations): Provides prepared meals free of charge to assist community agencies by complementing their food programs. Meals are prepared by trained chefs and kitchen managers. The program assists with meal planning, nutritional requirements, and instruction in the preparation of food to both agencies and individuals.
Community Food Redistribution Warehouse (CFRW) (Emergency): Funding supported the the establishment of the CFRW and ongoing costs for coordination and distribution of food in collaboration with other community organizations. The goal of the initiative is to maximize collection, storage and distribution of food, resulting in increased access to better food for residents in need, and the ability to recover more food and reduce food waste in our community.
Delivery Truck – Food Reclamation Program (CIF): Capital grant to purchase a delivery truck to ensure that Lionhearts has the capacity to pick up large food donations when they come available. It will allow to further increase the amount of food donated to organizations and families which will decrease the need for purchase of food and help divert food from the landfill.
