Supporting Our Community Together


Established in 1984, the main purpose of Meaford Food Bank and Outreach is to provide individual, compassionate assistance to people in need, in the form of emergency food, in a dignified setting, and to help build well-being and community within the Municipality of Meaford catchment area.

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Main Assistance Offerings

Providing essential support with dignity and compassion

Food Bank Pantry

Food Aid

Our Food Bank provides a four-day supply of food to individuals and families.

Meaford Foodbank Outreach Office

Recreation Funding

Recreation funding, with assistance from the Municipality of Meaford, is available for both children and adults and is distributed based on financial need.

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Support Services

Providing assistance and guidance for individuals seeking help beyond our emergency food provisions.

Current Statistics

In 2024 we provided a total of 310 households with food which includes 96 new households. This number represents 782 individuals – 406 adults, 74 seniors, and 302 youth/children. This number has increased by just over 500 since 2019.

Two-thirds of these households made more than one visit per month and some households visited the Food Bank every week. This is indicative of reliance on the Food Bank not just for temporary food assistance, but for weekly groceries – an indication of the growing food insecurity in our community.

Last Christmas (2024) 211 food hampers were prepared and distributed and 256 children benefited from our Christmas “STAR” program receiving toiletries, toques and gloves, pajamas, underwear and sox, along with age appropriate toys and stocking stuffers.

Annual Reports
Food Bank Pantry

Thank You!

Meaford Food Bank and Outreach is grateful for the ongoing support we receive from so many within our community. Thank you to all who organize and participate in food drives, who drop off food, who give financial donations, and who volunteer. We are able to do what we do through your tremendous generosity.

Meaford Foodbank Outreach Office

Building Community

The need for the Food Bank has never been greater as more and more families access our services.

Meaford Food Bank and Outreach commits to continuing to working together with you, our community, and with other member agencies to achieve freedom from hunger across our beautiful Municipality of Meaford.

Ethical Food Banking Code:

As an Affiliate Member of Food Banks Canada, The Meaford Foodbank And Outreach will:

  • Provide food and other assistance to those needing help regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, income source, age or mental or physical ability.
  • Treat all those who access services with the utmost dignity and respect.
  • Implement best practices in the proper and safe storage and handling of food.
  • Respect the privacy of those served, and will maintain the confidentiality of personal information.
  • Not sell donated food.
  • Acquire and share food in a spirit of cooperation with other food banks and food programs.
  • Strive to make the public aware of the existence of hunger, and of the factors that contribute to it.
  • Recognize that food banks are not a viable long-term response to hunger, and devote part of their activities to reducing the need for food assistance.
  • Represent accurately, honestly and completely their respective mission and activities to the larger community.
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Each gift will be used as designated, except where any given need has been fully met in which case the donation may be used where it is needed most.