What is the Highlands East Food Hub?
(Previously Wilberforce Food Bank)The Highlands East Food Hub opened in late 2015 and was designed to increase our food storage on behalf of clients and partners of the food bank. The new facility serves as a regional food hub for the eastern part of Haliburton County and shares food donations with surrounding food banks and programs in Haliburton County, Hastings County and beyond!
We are grateful for the support of Feed Ontario, Kawartha Food Share and Kawartha Lake Food Source for their seemingly endless support in linking us with bulk food donations! |
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Highlands East Food Hub food is used in the following ways:
- Provided to clients of the Cardiff and Wilberforce food banks
- Shared with surrounding food organizations in the region
- Shared or "traded" with other food banks when surplus food is obtained
- Used for cooking meals in Highlands East Food Hub
The Highlands East Food Hub stores and distributes food that is provided to them by various suppliers, donors and food banks. For example, food banks often have opportunities to access large quantities of food for free or at a substantial discount. The opportunities also require the food banks to take a minimum order that is frequently in larger quantities for the current storage facilities or the types of storage (fridges/freezers for perishable items). Subsequently, these offers of food are often turned down. No more!
- Provided to clients of the Cardiff and Wilberforce food banks
- Shared with surrounding food organizations in the region
- Shared or "traded" with other food banks when surplus food is obtained
- Used for cooking meals in Highlands East Food Hub
The Highlands East Food Hub stores and distributes food that is provided to them by various suppliers, donors and food banks. For example, food banks often have opportunities to access large quantities of food for free or at a substantial discount. The opportunities also require the food banks to take a minimum order that is frequently in larger quantities for the current storage facilities or the types of storage (fridges/freezers for perishable items). Subsequently, these offers of food are often turned down. No more!
Why a food HUb?
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Past Milestones:
November 25, 2014
Ontario Trillium Foundation approves $141, 300 to build our food hub
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The Municipality of Highlands East, in partnership with the Wilberforce Food Bank, is proud to announce that the Ontario Trillium Foundation has agreed to invest $141,000 to build a new Food Hub in Wilberforce Ontario. The project will see the addition of a storage facility to the current Lloyd Watson Centre as part of an overall plan to develop a food distribution and programming hub for the region. The new facility will also be a catalyst for the establishment of Community Kitchen programming, Community garden projects and educational workshops to benefit the region.
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