Helping Food Banks Feed More

A friend pointed me to this (and blatantly plagiarizing), ...appalling really in a country like ours:

The 2011 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train has left the station and is heading on its 13th annual cross-Canada tour to raise money, food and awareness for community food banks at a time when more and more Canadians are accessing them for basic needs.


According to a recent report from Food Banks Canada, 851,014 people were assisted by Food Banks in Canada in March 2011, up 26% from 2008.

"Requests for help came, in every province and territory, from a wide range of Canadians: people with jobs, on social assistance, and on pensions; single people and families with children; renters, homeowners, and the homeless; those whose families have lived here for generations, and new Canadians."*