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News articles and media features about the work we do at the Central Food Network.

April 2025

RAFFLE PROCEEDS IN ACTION!

Read about our first purchase for Heat Bank using proceeds from the CFN Heat & EAT 50/50 Raffle!

February 2025

Letter to the editor: poverty and the election

Written by the Chair of the CFN Board, Nancy Wright-Laking

RAFFLE PROCEEDS IN ACTION

Read about our first purchase using proceeds from the CFN Heat & EAT 50/50 Raffle!

2025 update - Food Insecurity Dashboard for HKPR District

January 2025

jan 31. monthly impact

Read about CFN's impact in January 2025. Across all of our programs we are seeing an increasing  and critical need for support. 

Jan 29. CFN BOARD ENDORSES FEED ONTARIO’S 2025 PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSION

​In late January, the CFN Board voted to endorse Feed Ontario's 2025 Pre-Budget Submission alongside 140 food banks across the province!

Feed Ontario is the province's largest collective of hunger-relief organizations. Together with food banks, industry partners, and local communities, they work to end hunger and poverty by delivering fresh and healthy food, developing innovative programming, and driving change through research and advocacy. CFN is a proud member of Feed Ontario.

december 2024

dec 13. Moose FM Christmas Radiothon raises $49,200 for county food banks

september 2024

sept 1. Podcast feature "heat banks" - a grassroots effort to keep your community warm 

april 2024

APR 18. Mott: 20-year volunteer 

APR 18. Food banks make splash with fundraiser

MARCH 2024

MAR 14. Central Food Network driving up food success

MAR 7. Central Food Network: Hydro help doesn’t go far enough

JANUARY 2024

Jan 16. Heat Bank Haliburton County aims to keep homes warm, help residents experiencing poverty, Kawartha Now

Jan 7. Haliburton and Northumberland initiatives offer tidings of comfort, joy, and food, Kawartha Now

Jan 1. An overview of our 2023 'wheels for meals campaign' thank you to all who participated

JULY 2022

July 14. Cost of living sends Haliburton County food bank use soaring
Join us on our mission to reduce hunger and keep our community warm.

CFN 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!
Territorial Acknowledgement
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Central Food Network’s work is carried out upon the traditional homelands, waterways and hunting ground of the Anishinaabeg, Métis and historically, the Huron-Wendat, under the Williams Treaties of 1923 and Treaty 20 of 1818. Central Food Network respects the sovereignty, lands, histories, languages, knowledge systems, and cultures of First Nations, Métis and Inuit nations. ​
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