Hamilton Food Share
339 Barton Street L8E 2L2 Hamilton, ON, Canada

A very special message from our Founder & Executive Director Joanne Santucci as we wrap up 2020

Thank you Ira McDonald Construction Limited and @Tims3692 for donating coffee and baked goods to the hardworking volunteers at The De Mazenod Door at St. Patrick's Catholic Church on this Christmas Morning!

Merry Christmas Hamilton! Thank you for helping to make a Christmas miracle happen for our neighbours experiencing hunger this holiday season. You made a #MiracleOnBartonStreet happen and together we fed a city

Hot off back to back championship wins, Forge Football Club mascot Sparx came out to support the CF Lime Ridge Food Drive!

UPDATE: The event is still taking place with all Public Health recommendations in place, including under 25 volunteers assisting outdoors. Please ensure your donation is placed in your trunk or back seat to be safely unloaded. Join us at CF Lime Ridge this Saturday and Sunday for a safe, physically-distanced Food Drive in support of Hamilton Food Share! The city's biggest contact-free, drive-thru food drive is taking place at Lime Ridge Mall with the goal of collecting two t...ruck loads of healthy, non-perishable food to help our city's food banks and hot meal programs. Please share widely! Can't make it? Please consider making an online donation: www.hamiltonfoodshare.org/cadillacfairviewfooddrive Big thanks to our partners Hamilton Police Service Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Bulldogs Forge Football Club Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton & the City of Hamilton for lending their support!

Nothing like seeing our old friends Stripes and Bruiser helping us out at the CF Lime Ridge Mall Contact-Free Drive-Thru Food Drive! There's still time to drop by with a non-perishable food donation today until 2pm and Sunday from 10am-2pm. Thank you Hamilton Tiger-Cats& Hamilton Bulldogs

What an incredible city we live in #HamOnt! We are overcome with gratitude for the countless families, individuals, businesses, and community groups who stepped forward to help their neighbours experiencing hunger this Christmas Your generosity is truly a miracle this year. You made a #MiracleOnBartonStreet happen!... Thanks to every single person who came forward with help this holiday season. Whether you ran a food drive, made a financial gift, or even held a virtual event, please know just how much your support is appreciated. Here is just a (very small) snapshot of the many, many kindhearted folks in our community who supported Hamilton Food Share over this past week alone! Thank you for being part of the #MiracleOnBartonStreet McMaster University Football Players and Parents of Players (POP) McMaster University Social Sciences Department Orlick Industries UFCW Locals 175 & 633 Hamilton Niagara Tax Services Office Moms Hamilton Integ Rity / Integrity Staffing Solutions Inc. Lawrie Insurance Group Shutters Etc

In honour of Diwali, we were grateful to receive this donation of healthy non-perishable food from the S.V. Hindu Heritage Centre and the Hindu Heritage Council of Canada. Thank you for your kind support of our local food banks and hot meal programs Wishing a very Happy Diwali to all who are celebrating this weekend

The holidays? It’s absolutely challenging, said Karen Randell, operations manager at Hamilton Food Share. That need at Christmas is certainly, I think, heightened because there’s so many more expenses that households have to absorb. www.thespec.com//hamilton-food-banks-brace-for-challenging

Join us at CF Lime Ridge today and tomorrow for a contact-free drive thru food drive in support of Hamilton Food Share!

Nothing says #FreshFoodFriday like these seasonal fall vegetables ready for distribution to food banks and hot meal programs across Hamilton!

Thank you 1029klite for sharing the CF Lime Ridge 2020 Holiday Food Drive! Click here to learn more about how you can participate in Hamilton's biggest contactless drive-thru food drive: www.iheartradio.ca//cf-lime-ridge-2020-holiday-food-drive-

The past year at Hamilton Food Share was truly like no other. In a year that saw so many unprecedented developments, including a 9% increase in the number of visits made to emergency food programs, what remained the same is the remarkable generosity of each person in the city who found a way to support Hamilton Food Share Read more about what YOU helped us accomplish in our 2019-2020 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements found online: www.hamiltonfoodshare.org/about-us/

Please join us for Hamilton's largest contact-free, drive-thru holiday food drive at CF Lime Ridge Mall this Saturday and Sunday (November 21st and 22nd) from 10am-2pm ***In consultation with Public Health, all COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place include physical distancing, mask wearing, and limits to crowd size*** All donations will support Hamilton's food banks and hot meal programs this holiday season ... Supporting this food drive is so simple! Just load up your food donation in your truck or back seat and head over to Lime Ridge Mall where you will be safely unloaded by volunteers around the perimeter of the parking lot (adjacent to Upper Wentworth) Need an idea of what to donate? Some of the most requested items at food banks include: Peanut Butter Tuna Whole Grain Cereal / Pasta Soup Pasta Sauce Hygiene Items Healthy snacks for kids Can't make it? Consider an online donation at our secure link found here: https://www.hamiltonfoodshare.org/cadillacfairviewfooddrive/ See you at CF Lime Ridge Mall this weekend! Please share widely

The CF Lime Ridge 2020 Holiday Food Drive runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. November 21st and 22nd and will be a drop-and-go setup in the mall parking lot, adjacent to Upper Wentworth next to the transit shelter. Donors will drive into the parking lot and a small army of volunteers wearing masks and gloves from CF Lime Ridge, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Hamilton Bulldogs, Hamilton police and others will collect food from each vehicle in support of Hamilton Food Share! Follow the Faceb...ook Event for more details: https://fb.me/e/1DTCUri6z https://www.hamiltonnews.com//10240976-mountain-s-cf-lime/