This year, through the annual Feeding Our Future program, Second Harvest delivered over 29,000 sandwiches to 22 camp partners. A big thank-you to all of our volunteers, summer assistants and generous sponsors!
Hunger Relief
5 actions to take during Hunger Action Month
Every year, we dedicate September to raising awareness about hunger and finding solutions to tackling food insecurity. This Hunger Action Month we’re focused on action. Here’s a list of actions you can take today!
Building a safe space for kids to learn, grow and have fun
UrbanPromise Toronto has been a trusted friend of youth, kids and families in Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) neighbourhoods since 1998. By showing genuine care and providing a judgement-free zone to explore different opportunities, UrbanPromise aims to break the cycle poverty cycle and improve the outlook for many summer campers.
Changing lives, one meal at a time
Based in Glen Haven, Nova Scotia, The Helm Center offers addictions recovery program for men to help them find restoration, purpose and direction. This non-profit works closely with Sobeys Timberlea to receive rescued food and turn it into fresh nutritious meals for their residents.
Resources to Celebrate Nutrition Month in Your Home Every Day
In celebration of Canada’s Nutrition Month in March 2023, here is a collection of free resources and helpful tips for healthy eating in your household. Learn how to make every meal nutritious so that you and your family thrive every day.
Nutrition: An Underrated Factor in Food Insecurity
Access to food is a human right, not a privilege. The biggest challenge? Canadians need healthy food choices to be the easiest, most accessible, and most affordable choice.
Heartwarming thank you messages from non-profit partners
To warm your heart this challenging, yet hopeful holiday season, here are thank you notes from Canadians who received rescued food donations this year. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and supporters, 4.3 million Canadians got the nourishment they needed from Second Harvest in 2022.
6 Holiday employee engagement ideas for good causes
Looking for fun and festive, yet meaningful holiday employee engagement ideas? Get into the winter holiday spirit this year by giving back, volunteering, donating, and supporting good causes together as a team.
How food businesses can make impactful climate changes for good
Organizations in the food industry are always working toward reducing food loss and waste (FLW). It’s time to double down on our efforts. If not for our current climate crisis, rising food insecurity and unsustainable food loss and waste, then for our bottom lines and improving efficiencies.
World Food Day Facts
World Food Day is day celebrated internationally to raise awareness about food insecurity and its contributing factors, as well as to promote action regarding these issues. Read on to learn how you can make a difference on World Food Day!
Summer’s Arctic Shipment: When Nunavut’s Sea Ice Melts, Food Rescue Delivers
In the summer of 2021, a partnership between Second Harvest and Arctic Co-operatives Limited (Arctic Co-ops) formed. Together, we delivered 61,700 pounds of rescued food from the GTA directly to community members and food banks in Nunavut by Sealift. See link below.
Feeding Our Future Tackles Summer Hunger for Kids in the GTA
If millions of Canadian children and youth rely on school nutrition programs during the school year, who feeds them healthy meals in the summer?
From Coast to Coast to Coast: No Hunger Need Too Far
Our work is far from done, but when it comes to food rescue and hunger relief, we’re proud to support such a generous and helpful community from coast to coast to coast across Canada. Here are stories of hope that shine a light on the crucial work that’s happening in every province and territory.
Burger, fries, root beer and a side of charity: A&W’s work with the Second Harvest Food Rescue App
When a handful of A&W locations started using the Second Harvest Food Rescue App in 2019 the impact was immediate. Since then, 56,794 meals have been donated from 180 different restaurant locations.
Building a Legacy of Impact: A Conversation with The Daniels Corporation
Since 1991, Second Harvest and The Daniels Corporation together have helped to rescue and redistribute over 5.5 million pounds of surplus edible food.
McCain and Second Harvest Turn the Tables on Hunger in Canada
McCain is a long-time supporter of Second Harvest, having donated millions of pounds of food since 2005 that we’ve redistributed to our partner agencies.
Fighting Food Waste for a Better World
Our research discovered that 3.2 million tonnes of surplus edible food is produced by Canada’s food industry each year. Of that, 96% is not rescued and redistributed for human consumption. Learn the five blockers and opportunities for the food industry to rescue food loss and waste.
What is Surplus Edible Food (and Why Should You Care)?
If surplus is an amount that is more than is needed, then surplus food is the quantity of food supply grown or made that exceeds the demand. It’s an abundance of food. In Canada, only 4% of surplus edible food is rescued and redistributed to those in need.
5 Questions … with Cargill
Second Harvest is grateful and humbled by the incredible corporate support that we receive to fight food insecurity across the country. We had the chance to ask a few questions to Connie Tamoto, Cargill’s Corporate Responsibility Senior Manager in Canada, to ask a few questions.
Thank you Canada! Hero Sweepstakes a great success
The 2022 Second Harvest Hero Sweepstakes, presented by Moneris, has officially come to a close, but before we go, we want to say: Thank you for making this campaign a success!