eden community food bank Annual Report 2012

A food bank and more...

is a non-denominational, charitable organization, working

to eliminate hunger through food distribution to qualified individu-

als and families living in selected areas of Mississauga, as well as

providing education and advocacy services to our clients and the

general public.

ensuring greater access to quality food for the hungry of western Mississauga.

Execu�ve Director’s Message

2012 Board of Directors:

Ron Saito, President Michelle Mar�n, VP Tim Sco�, Treasurer Steve Cogan, Secretary

Beth Barnes Bob Sjolin (May-Dec) Karen English (May-Dec) Vanna Boghossian (May-Dec)

Maria Glidden Lisa Last (May-Dec) Bhanu Kholi (May-Dec) Trivéa Isaacs (Sept-Dec)

Dave Pra� (Jan-May) Rick Carew (Jan-May) Rakesh Gupta (Jan-May)

When asked to write a message to our donors, one of our clients wrote “without sup-

port, hunger grows”. I have come to realize that truth on a number of levels. Without

the food assistance the food bank provides to its clients, more people would be hungry.

Without the support of our many food and financial donors, the food bank would not

have the resources to respond and hunger would, in fact, increase in our community.

This past year, we purchased a dock-level, refrigerated truck with funds from the Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

This second vehicle makes it possible to pick-up larger, skid-size dona�ons such as dona�ons of fresh produce.

2012 was a year of re-examining how the food bank can be�er provide the support hungry families need. We serve

the immediate needs of hungry families through food distribu�on, but that is only meant as a short –term solu�on.

Our advocacy services give clients the help they need to address some of the root causes of hunger. In 2012, we made

the commitment to build the Community Learning Kitchen as part of a more long-term sustainable approach to hun-

ger in our community. The Community Learning Kitchen will provide cooking classes for our clients, employment

training, meal produc�on for distribu�on to our clients and to the community and be available for community groups

to use with their clients.

With your con�nued support, we are taking a bite out of hunger!

Jan Dean

May 7th, 2013

If you want to see the face of hunger in our community, look in the mirror.

That message came through loud and clear from two Eden Community Food Bank clients who spoke at the charity's Hunger

Awareness Breakfast this morning at Eden United Church in Meadowvale.

Brian Booth lived in a beau�ful house with his kids, had a job that paid well, and a car. Then he got sick and lost it all in 2011.

"My family and (the food bank) helped me survive," said Booth.

He's back on his feet now, and credits the food bank with helping him get there.

"Rent and phone costs leE me with $49 a month to live on," said Booth, 57. "That's $1.25 a day. At the lowest point in my

life, Eden Community Food Bank helped me survive and made me feel like a million dollars."

Karen Sabo put off going to the food bank because she always figured others needed it more.

Then came the day the single mother realized she couldn't feed her kids.

"I desperately needed Eden Community Food Bank over the three years I was at school geKng my nursing degree," said the

39-year-old Meadowvale resident. "My family and the food bank were never judgmental and always suppor�ve."

The Hunger Awareness Breakfast is an annual event during Na�onal Hunger Awareness Week, which this year runs May 6-10.

The goal is to make everyone aware that hunger isn't a third world condi�on — it's right here in our communi�es.

Eden Community Food Bank has two loca�ons – one in Meadowvale and

the other in Erin Mills. They feed 400-500 families every month. That means

feeding about 1,250 people, half of them children.

Breakfast Raises Awareness about Hunger

Bill Crawford, the food bank's execu�ve director, says they collected more

than 400,000 pounds of food valued at more than $1 million last year.

Crawford said there shouldn't be a s�gma about going to a food bank when

kids are hungry.

"Clients say they love Eden Community Food Bank because people there

look them in the eye," said Crawford. "This (breakfast) is the only opportuni-

ty in the year for donors and clients to meet and truly understand that."

At the breakfast, the food bank recognized companies, organiza�ons and

students who work to feed the hungry.

Among those honoured was Erindale Secondary School student Erica Merryweather, who collected 610 pounds of food

for the food bank.

Long-�me employees of the Mississauga office of McCormick Canada, Angela Landreth and Sandra Kranics, were at the

breakfast to announce that in addi�on to the $21,405.86 donated by their employer and fellow employees last year, the

company will donate $5,000 each year for three years.

In addi�on, they'll supply the Community Learning Kitchen the food bank is building at its Unity Dr. loca�on with spices.

McCormick Canada manufactures brand name food products such as spices and honey.

Crawford says the kitchen, when completed this September, will allow them to teach clients how to cook nutri�ous

meals, as well as provide training for those looking to work in the food industry. It will also be used to prepare meals for

clients, and will be available to other community organiza�ons.

Ar�cle used with permission provided by The Mississauga News.

Locations ECFB serves hungry individuals and families in

four postal code areas in western Mississauga.

We have been serving L5N and L5M, covering the

Meadowvale and Streetsville neighbourhoods,

for almost 25 years. Our original loca�on, the

Ba�leford Client Centre, is located in the base-

ment of Eden United Church on the corner of

Winston Churchill Blvd and Ba�leford Rd.

Our second and now primary loca�on, the Unity

Client Centre, warehouse, Community Learning

Kitchen and office, is on Unity Drive off of Win-

ston Churchill Blvd just south of Highway 403. We

serve families in the L5L and L5K areas out of this

loca�on.

Clients In 2012, ECFB provided food assistance to over

400 families every month or an average of 1,250

individuals 42% of whom were children.

On average, our clients spend 75% of their income

on rent & u�li�es. Too many of our clients have to

chose between a roof over their heads or food for

their family because they can’t afford both.

Emergency Food Relief & Advocacy Services are the founda-�onal programs of the food bank responding to the immediate need

of hungry people by providing food and other assistance. ECFB oper-

ates six shiEs a week out of two loca�ons. Advocacy helps people take

steps toward economic and social recovery by providing informa�on

and referrals including health care, nutri�on,

social services, employment and se�lement.

The Food Delivery Program ensures that hun-

gry people with issues geKng to the food bank

or bringing their food home s�ll receive the

food they need for their families.

Community Learning Kitchen is an ini�a-

�ve in development. We began raising funds

for the kitchen in 2011, started building the kitchen in 2012 and an�ci-

pate programs beginning in September 2013. The Community Learn-

ing Kitchen will provide cooking classes to teach our clients how to

cook foods available at the food bank, train unemployed people by

giving them the skills to work in the food industry, produce prepared

meals for distribu�on to our clients and others, and provide a kitchen

space for other community groups to be able to provide food /kitchen

programming for their clients.

Community Awareness Events like the Hunger Awareness Break-

A Food Bank and More...

2012 Staff Donna Behmer, Food Bank Manager Maureen Sawicki, Office Admin

Bill Crawford, Execu�ve Director Chris Szypulewski, Opera�ons Supervisor

Peter Costello, Kitchen Project Manager (Mar-Dec)

fast and presenta�ons to schools and community groups help to raise

awareness of poverty and hunger in our community and encourage

people to ac�on. Employee engagement opportuni�es and organizing

groups to help out in the food bank give people a

first-hand experience of the food bank.

Outreach In partnership with The Mississauga

Food Bank, ECFB reaches out to the community to

help poten�al clients find out or learn more about

the food bank. This is currently a growth area for us

as we con�nue to inves�gate how best to reach out

to poten�al clients in the community.

Admin / Fundraising are support services to help us accomplish

our mission. Proper record keeping and donor communica�on are

crucial to accomplishing our goals.

Events like the popular Toonie Tuesday which runs in many local

schools on the third Tuesday in November helps students make a

difference in the community. Fundraising events in schools and work-

places help to raise much-needed funds to support our programs. Our

own fundraising events, like Riders Against Hunger and Monte Carlo

Night help us to engage our supporters and increase our visibility.

Cartons $500+ AKN, Benteler Steel & Tube Corpora�on, Comark Inc., Compliance Center,

CompuCom, Cyril Tahtadjian Den�stry, Eden United Church Women, Edenwood Middle

School, Genworth Financial Canada, JET Equipment & Tools, John Fraser Secondary School,

Lionheart Bri�sh Pub, Lisgar Middle School, Loblaws Head Office, Mississauga Secondary

School, Motorcycle Enhancements, Peel District School Board, PHH Arval, Royal Canadian Legion, Solel Congrega�on, St. Edith

Stein, St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church, St. John of the Cross Elementary School, Stantec Employees, Streetsville Secondary

School, Trelawny Public School, Vector Management Ltd, Wakefield Canada Inc, West 50 Pourhouse & Grille Inc.

Cases $1,000+ Air transat, Bell Canada, Creditview Op�cal Inc, Deepa Kumar Medicine Professional Corp, Dimension Data Canada, Dominion

In Christ Interna�onal Ministries, Eden United Church, GlaxoSmithKlein, Guscon Enterprises, Harvest Family Church, Investors

Group Financial Services Inc., Kerava Grove Estates Inc, KraE Foods, Leeswood Design Build Ltd, Lions Club of Streetsville, Loy-

ola Catholic Secondary School, Master Mechanic, Mastermind LP, Meadowvale Community Chris�an Reformed Church,

Meadowvale Secondary School, Medical Transporta�on Services Inc., MiGroup, Mississauga Central Lions Club, Morguard

Investments Limited, Our Lady of Mount Carmel S.S., Police Community Liason Commi�ee, RBC Royal Bank, Richards-Wilcox

Canada, River Grove Seniors Friendship Club, Rotary Club of Mississauga - Credit Valley AM, Sayal Charitable Founda�on, Ser-

vice Filtra�on of Canada Ltd., St. Faus�na Elementary School, St. Joan of Arc Secondary School, St. Mark Catholic Elementary

School, Stau Enterprises, Stephen Lewis Secondary School, TD Securi�es, Thomas St. Middle School, Tim Hortons - Finan-

cial Dr, Vista Heights Public School, Argen�a Walmart, Wellings Planning Consultants Inc.

Skids $5,000+ ADM Agri-Industries Co, Ma�el, Meadowvale Lions Club, Tim Hortons Adver�sing and Promo�on Fund

(Canada) Inc., Regional Municipality of Peel.

Truckloads $10,000+ Peel Region Homelessness Partnering Strategy, Ontario Trillium Founda-

�on, The Community Founda�on of Mississauga - Pendle Fund, United Way of Peel Region.

Supporting Organizations

A big thank you to all of our 2012 financial donors. We also appreciate all the individuals, community and faith groups, service clubs and

corpora5ons who have generously given of their 5me, energy and food to help us in our food collec5on efforts.

Zainab Abdulaziz, Chris�ne Ahmed, Sharon Alders, Gayle Alexander, Catherine Ambrose, Joseph and Lina Andrea, William and Mao Chen Armitage,Coreen

Arseneault, Andrew Avis, Smiljan Babic, Patricia Bain, Winnie Bang, Kathy Bannon, Steve Barger, Khalil Barmania, Beth Barnes, Ricardo and Rossy Aragon Barrientos,

Thomas Bazydlo, Russell and Linda Begin, Donna Behmer, Marc Beisheim, Bryan Benne�, Claire Benson, Olga Berenstein, Mohamed Bhabha, Richard Blake, Greta

Blance, John Blazenko, Mr. John Blenkarn, Steve and Vanna Boghossian, Audrey Bolton, Joe Bondi, Jacqueline Bouchard, Larry and Dorothy Bourdignon, Gabrielle

Ann Braithwaite, Sam Braithwaite, Michelle Branco, Tommy Branco, Herb and Myra Breithaupt, Christopher Brennan, Edward and Susan Broomhead, Stephen Brown, Steven and Marci Buhagiar, Fran

Bun�ng, Robert Burke, Mike Burns, Paul Burton, Cheri Bu�, Rob Callander, Cheryl Campagna, Rocco and Frances CappucciK, Joanne Cellucci, Anne Chadala, Anthony and Shirley Champion, Sai Wan Chan, Lyn

Chapman, Humayun Chaudhary, Enza and Nat Chiappe�a, Peter Chilibeck, Sangeeta Chopra-Charron, Craig Francis Christensen, Sergio and Lori Ciani, Ken Cleveland, Patrick and Myrna Coleman, Pauline

Contrasty, Bill and Natalie Crawford, Brock and Lisa Crawford, Glenn Crawford, William Currie, Cindy Cyr, Victor Damota, Phillip Davey, Gary and Toni Davison, Gary Dearlove, Lyle Deckert, Paul Degano, Remy

and Antonie�a Del Bel, Bob Delaney, Joseph and Gwen Dello, Mike and Jodi Derry, Parveen Dhupar, A Dobriyal, Sandra Donpaul, Juliet D'Souza, Jack and Barbara Duff, Dorothy Duffy, Dale and Ann Dunning,

Paul Earl, Oliver Eggert, Thomas Eigl, Allan Ellard, Jeff and Karen English, Ravat Essop, Maxine Fawce�, Russ Fedun, Laura Fehr, Ronald Fernandes, Werner and Margot Fieguth, Jody Fleck, Gerry Flood, Monica

Forbom, Eileen Forrest, Keith and Ingrid Fox, Ron and Diana Funk, Kevin Furlond, Ruben Garcia, Alyssa George, Jason Gibbs, Barbara Gibson, Dale

and Lisa Giesbrecht, Bernade�e Gillis, Ron Gillis, Elizabeth Girouard, Maria Glidden, Roland Gonzales, Margaret Gourlie, Sharon Grewal, Rivver

Griffith, Rakesh and Margaret Gupta, Rabiya Haffajee, Somaya Haffajee, Bilal Haffejee, Jack Halpern, S. Lynn Haniuk, George Hanniford, Linda

Harmer, Marwood Harmer, Muhammad Haroon, Katherine Harris, Robyn Harris, Jackie Heide, Donald and Margaret Helsdon, Lynn Herman, Glenn

Heshka, Dale Hester, Valerie Hester, John Hildebrand, James and Jean Hill, Dwight Hitchins, Derrick and Mary Hoare, Jeremy and Pauline Hopwood,

Evan Hubbard, John and Jayne Hurdis, Mark Ive, Roger Jessop, Steve Jolicoeur, Don Jorgensen, Chuck Jung, Mohamed Kaj, Sandra Kamenz, Marion

Karol, Gerald Kaspard, Michael Kazdan, Leslie Kellam, Carlene Kerr, Mahmood and Zarina Khan, Peter and Brenda King, Patricia Kishimoto, Ann and

Garry Klassen, Marlys Kosmalski, Raj Krishnamoorthy, Suresh Kumar, Heather Kur�n, Randal and Danielle Lalsingh, Charlene Landry, Ciara Larkin-

Barle�, Rick Leja, Ken and Lynn Lewis, Anne�e Li, Avis Lillegran, Shirley Lobach, Paula Loewen, Colin and Edith Lorimer, Melissa MacIntyre, Terry

Mack, Dyahanne Mackay, Shirley MacLeod, Jennifer MacMillan, Terry Mady, Malik Majeed, Tanveer Malik, Lea Ann Malle�, Karen Mann, Glenn and

Anya Mar�n, Ken and Michelle Mar�n, Steve and Pam Mar�n, Mari- lyn Massoud, Jamilla Mather, Rookaya Mather, John and Janice McBride, Hugh

and Be�y McGeach, John McKibbon, Kevin McLaughlin, Lisa McLellan, Heather and Mike McMann, Pirkko Mikkola, Lily Milanovich, Lester and Gracy

Moniz, Hannah Moosa, Nargis Moosa, Gayle Morais, Daniel Morgan, Wasee Munim, Peter Nasson, Doreen Newman, Doug and Marie Niles, Marilou Noble, Patrick and Paula Nolan, Terence Noronha, Susan

Nosic, Cathy Page, Manohar Pais, Gino and Teresa Palermo, June Paradis, Jean Parker, Mike and Debbie Parker, Avan�ka Patel, Paul and Abby Paterson, William Pa�erson, Robin Paulsen, Del Pereira, Robert

and Eileen Petersen, Alan Pe�erson, Brock Pilkey, Stephen Plumley, Tony Poldrugovac, Dave and Suzanne Porcellato, Allan and Pamela Poulton, Brenda Pra�, Dave Pra�, Mr. Gordon Pra�, Midge Prong, Ashu

Puri, Peter Quesnelle, Mike Ramparas, Edward Reeves, Naeen and Tahmina Rehman, Kim Reid, Merle Reist, Norris Reynolds, Glen and June Richardson, William and Genevieve Roach, Diane Rogers, Joanne

Rogers, Monica Ross, Ken and Brenda Ru�er, Koko Saar, Muhammad Saeed Amer, Councillor Pat Saito, Ron and Pat Saito, Arnold Santos, Arvinder Saral, Marilyn Savage, Rick & Maureen Sawicki, Greg Sayer,

Lorraine Schneller, Daniel and Rita Schulze, Robert Sco�, Paul and Julie Semak, Trent Shapco�, Davinder and Vandana Sharma, Frances Shearim, Ernie and Fran Simmons, Wayne and Audrey Simpson, Randy

and Tricia Sis�li, Randy Skyba, Philip and Joy Slous, Nancy Smart, Janet Smith, H Ruth Snowden, John and Linda Snyder, Samson Soans, Vincent Soares, Victoria Soto, Marc and Connie Speir, John and Jacquel-

ine Spli�, Tom Stanley, Ronald Starr, Laryy and Susan Stevens, John and Deb Stewart, Barry Stock, Allan and Lisa Stroud, Magdalene Sugimura, Carole Tamulionis, Mukesh and Bhara� Tanna, Patricia Tassone,

Elsie Thompson, Sally Thornton, Stewart and Katrina Tipping, John Tome, Dave Toycen, Marie Tromba, Andy and Jean Tweddle, Howard Tzeng, Paul and Mary Ulrick, Ahmed and Zubeda Vahed, Ziyaad Vahed,

Telma Van Bendegem, John and Jenny van Runt, Michelle Vanmeggelen, Jonathon Villota, Sarah Weigel, Mary Wells, Hans and Alis Wertli, Angelica We�laufer, Donald Will, Todd and Linda Wirtz, Grant and

Pat Wood, Beverley and Peter Wozniuk, Jacqueline Yuen, Rino Zan, Pat Zita

Individuals

Thank you for helping us reach our goal! Major Food Donors: Eden United

Church, Square One Farmer’s

Market, Metro Meadowvale,

Loblaws, No Frills, Metro Derry,

Tim Horton’s, Li<le Caesars

Pizza, Cob’s Bread, Starbucks

Coffee, EcoSource, Robinson’s

Farm, Ontario Food Terminal

Major Food Drives: Peel Police

Cram-a-Cruiser, Meadowvale

Rotary Club, Sports Teams,

Scouts and Guide groups,

Bentall Kennedy, General Elec-

tric, Merciful Redeemer Parish

Top ten PDSB & DPCDSB school

food drives: St. Aloysius Gon-

zaga, Ruth Thompson MS,

Churchill Meadows PS, Credit

Valley PS, Vista Heights PS, Loy-

ola SS, Erin Centre MS, Eden-

wood MS, St Faus5na CS, Shel-

ter Bay PS

Eden Community Food Bank’s food collec�on goal in 2012 was 400,000 pounds of food. We re-

ceived 401,738 pounds of food from the community through the year (and purchased an addi-

�onal 21,969 pounds). Thank you for helping us reach our goal! The dollar value of the food re-

ceived was $1,059,265! We collect food all through the year, but receive about 22% in Decem-

ber, and 43% during the months of October, November and December combined.

ECFB distributed 409,028 pounds of food to hungry families in our community in 2012. On aver-

age, over 34,000 pounds was given out by the food bank each month to feed disadvantaged

adults and children in our community. 100% of our food was distributed locally. The dollar value

of the food distributed to the community was $1,024,377.

Each person received an average of 26 pounds of food per visit—up by 3.5 pounds from last

year. A family of four received about 100 pounds of food meant to provide healthy, nutri�ous

meals for seven to ten days.

More Fresh Produce

In our efforts to provide more fresh produce to our clients throughout the year,

we have made a connec�on with the Ontario Food Terminal. Towards the end of

2012, we received 9,200 pounds of donated food from OFT vendors.

We also purchased needed produce for below wholesale

prices. Our goal is to receive an average of 1,500

pounds of donated food each week through 2013.

Dona�ons from local farmers from the Square

One Farmers Market con�nues to be an im-

portance source of fresh produce during the

summer and fall.

Financials

For every $1 spent to operate the food bank in 2012, $2.50 worth of food was distributed to

hungry families in the community.

Our fiscal year follows the calendar year—January 1st to December 31st. Our

revenue was $487,364 in 2012. Our expenses were $410,968. The surplus of

$76,396 was funds raised for the Kitchen Build. This surplus was brought for-

ward to 2013 to cover the expenses of the construc�on of the Community

Learning Kitchen which took place primarily in the first quarter of 2013.

Donations from a variety of sources and a number of fundraising events made it possible to fully fund our programs in 2012!

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Unity Client Centre, Warehouse

Community Learning Kitchen & Office: Ba<leford Client Centre:

2-3185 Unity Drive 3051 Ba�leford Road

Mississauga, ON L5L 4L5 Mississauga, ON

905.785.3651

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ECFB is a member agency of The Mississauga Food Bank Network

ECFB is a registered charitable organiza�on.

Registered Charity Number: 86440 7259 RR0001