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 Photo of one of our amazing Food Bank Volunteers Feb 2025. monthly impact by programWilberforce (Highlands East Food Hub)There were 222 visits to our Wilberforce food bank in February, providing food to 86 Families for a total of 170 people served. Of those people, 27 were children and 13 were new intakes. 18 hampers were delivered to families unable to make it into the food bank themselves. This took 15 volunteer hours. 14 Good Food Boxes by Haliburton Rotary were distributed to local households (some of these are paid for by the families receiving them) How the numbers compare:
Volunteers transported 17,271 lbs of rescue/surplus food equating to an estimated 11,558 meals*. Ken & Murray also made 1 delivery to Minden Community Food Centre to share 750 lbs of food, 1 delivery to John Howard Society to share 2,000 lbs of water & cereal and also shared cereals with Cardiff and Wilberforce Schools. (Food banks receiving deliveries cover a portion of the travel for CFN to pick up & drop off food that is shared with them) Highlands East Community CooksMade 384 servings of frozen meals, including chili and mango & ham dishes and 240 muffins. These were all distributed through our food banks. Cardiff Community Food BankThere were 114 visits to our Cardiff food bank in February, providing food to 30 families for a total of 80 people served. Of those people, 23 were children and 7 were new intakes. 7 hampers were delivered to families unable to make it into the food bank themselves. How the numbers compare:
In total, Cardiff volunteers dedicated 100 hours this month. The population of Highlands East is 3,830 (according to the 2021 Census). Between Wilberforce and Cardiff food bank locations, we fed 250 people in February which works out to 6.5% of the population, not including the people that accessed food from the giveaway days, nor the people who received food delivered to other food banks / groups. Heat Bank Haliburton County
How the numbers compare: 21 more requests/calls in February of this year compared with February 2024 Our average number of requests for help for Heat Bank is usually around 200 to 210 for the entire year. We have handled half of that number (100) already in 2025. join us on our mission to reduce hunger and keep our community warmCFN is fuelled by the generosity of neighbours helping neighbours - neighbours like you! Every dollar donated creates over three dollars of impact across Haliburton County through CFN's food, heat, hydro and tax support programs. Thank you for standing with us!
*Meal equivalency was estimated assuming that 13% of food weight is inedible (packaging, crushed in transit, etc) and then dividing the remaining weight by 1.3 as the average weight of a meal is 1.3 lbs.
**Central Food Network, through our Heat Bank program, is part of a multi-agency Outreach team program that has agency staff meeting “people where they are at” - as opposed to people having to travel to agency offices, or make phone calls. The Community Outreach takes place at locations in Minden, Haliburton and Wilberforce at least once a month (each location). Snacks, refreshments, sometimes clothing and good conversations take place in a relaxed atmosphere. Community members can put names to faces, learn about available services (as can agency staff), and Heat Bank has been able to provide a variety of supports to community members attending. Comments are closed.
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