The Hope Centre
570 King Street L3B 3L2 Welland, ON, Canada

Thank you Ridgeway Legion! Our Clients loved your thoughtful gifts! #communityneighbour #sharingiscaring

Gina, our little Love Bug, has made sure to spread the love this Valentine's/ Family Day Weekend! #community neighbour #spreadthelove #fighthungerfeedhope

These sweet little souls, Lylah & Sebastien raised almost $600.00 for the Hope Centre! They made beautiful & delicious Cookie Pops for Valentines Day! Thank you so much for providing 6 families with emergency food! #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

#kindnessmatters #itsnicetobenice #communityneighbour

It's Trivia Wednesday! Do you know the name of this talented athlete?

Thanks to an anonymous donor, groceries will be given to people in need! On Wednesday, January 6, beginning at 3:00 p.m. at Open Arms Mission of Welland Inc #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

"You can rise up from anything. You can completely recreate yourself. Nothing is permanent. You're not stuck. You have choices. You can think new thoughts. You can learn something new. You can create new habits. All that matters is that you decide today and never look back. -IDIL AHMED

Hot off the Press! Here's the link to the latest Welland Apartment Listings https://c3f39ffa-bc4a-4f66-803c-793295a4f501.filesusr.com/

It is with great pleasure that we announce 320 Households received a gift card from the 2020 Holiday Gift Card program! Thank you so much St. Vincent de Paul for your support with this wonderful program! #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

Hydro rates will be cut for the 28 day lockdown starting January 1/2021! https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-ontario-reports-/

How many of you know a couple who have broken up since Covid? Diana Isaac, a partner at the family law firm Shulman & Partners LLP in Toronto, says she’s seen a 40 % increase in calls from couples seeking to end their marriages since the pandemic began. Here is think to the full article https://www.cbc.ca//covid-19-panemic-divorce-rates-1.57956 #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

Are you apartment hunting? Did you know Welland Apartment listings can be found on our website? https://www.thehopecentre.net/housing-services Listings will be updated every Monday by end of day. As always, a copy can be found at 570 King Street. #communityneighbour #sharingiscaring

John Taylor from the Wainfleet Lions Club stopped by today to deliver a donation from The Lions Club Food Drive they had last weekend. Thank you so much Wainfleet Lions Club!!! #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

It's Trivia Wednesday! Everyone in Welland knows just how sweet and thoughtful our Gina is, but do you know when she started with the Hope Centre?

The ladies of the Loyal Order Of Moose, Lodge # 977 (Welland) graciously put together and donated almost 90 thoughtful packages. The packages include a facecloth, towel and a bar of soap. Thank you for thinking of our neighbours in need. #communityneighbour #fighthungerfeedhope

Did you know The Salvation Army - Welland & Port Colborne does Toys for Kids? #communityneighbour https://www.facebook.com/TSAWelland/posts/2690998917897309

The Hope Centre Team went on a road trip to visit our friends at Good Shepherd Hamilton. Thank you so much for the tour of your facility and sharing your best practices. We can't wait to try some of them out! #sharingiscaring #fighthungerfeedhope

Congratulations David!!!! Thank you so much East Main Street Exchange Welland for making this all happen! We so appreciate you!

Here is an update on our stats for the week. If you are doing your grocery shopping this weekend, please consider picking up a box of crackers to donate to our food bank. #fighthungerfeedhope #communityneighbour

Every donation matters!

We thought we would try something fun! What do you think our most donated item is? #fighthungerfeedhope

Thank You so much to our new friends Brad & Vanessa Nickel from McNab Acres for their donation of home grown pumpkins!!

A great read about affordable housing! We have to say, the team picture is cute too! https://www.niagarathisweek.com//10266307-affordable-hou/

We are back! Our internet and phone services have been restored. We are diligently checking and trying to return all voicemails and emails at this time

Thank you Seaway Mall for the post!

Thank you Riders Protecting Children-Canada

Please note that The Hope Centre is currently experiencing an outage in both phone and internet. The Food Bank and Community Lunch will still be operating today.

Thank you so much Tailgates Bar & Grill! What a fun day!

Help us reach our goal of $100 000!

Thanks for thinking of us!! Check out The Shawarma House and their Facebook page

Thank you Kanetix Welland!!

Happy Back to School! We are wishing everyone a safe and happy return to school this week however that looks for each family we serve. We are happy to announce we were able to hand out over 250 Sneakers through our Snacks N Sneakers program! We could not have done it without the help of some friends and would like to give them a huge thank you! ... Thank you to Canadian Tire Bank for providing all of the shoes, bags and beautiful quotes for our little friends venturing back to school. Thank you to the Kacey Lynn Fund for providing a pair of brand new socks to all 250 kids to wear with their new shoes. We couldn't do it without their support! *We have a limited supply of shoes left so if you missed out please contact us at 905-788-0744.

Thank you so much for thinking of us for #nationalfoodbankday !!

Thank you so much Welland-McMaster Family Health Team!!

Thank you so much Niagara Nutrition Partners!! The gift cards will be an amazing help to many of our families!

https://www.wellandtribune.ca//niagaras-community-support-

CAA Niagara has been supporting The Hope Centre throughout the pandemic in so many ways. Food Pickups, volunteer support, and financial donations, like the one they provided when they dropped by last week! #ThankYou #CommunityBoost #togetherwecan

One week left to register for Snacks and Sneakers! We will begin handing out shoes and snacks on Monday August 24th! If you havent already please call The Hope Centre at 905-788-0744 or come by 570 King St to register and make sure you dont miss out! Reminder: you MUST pre-register to be eligible for shoes!

Its almost time for Snacks and Sneakers! While the program is going to operate a little differently this year we are committed to providing snacks and sneakers to all of the kids in need. Please read carefully below to ensure you are registered and able to access the Snacks and Sneakers program this year!

Here at the Hope Centre we are excited to announce that we will be going forward with our Snacks and Sneakers program! Stay tuned for more information on how we will be making changes due to Covid 19 to safely provide this service! Currently we are looking for donations to fill our snack bags and would appreciate donations of : - Bear Paws... - Granola Bars (peanut free) - Ritz cheese and cracker snacks - Rice Krispie treats - Pudding cups - Fruit cups - Apple sauce - Fruit snacks - Goldfish snack bags - Cookie snack bags Donations can be dropped off at 570 King St on the north side of the building at the food bank window from 9:30am to 12pm and 1pm to 3pm Thank you!

Job opportunity in #Welland - see article for steps for applications. https://www.wellandtribune.ca//call-centre-company-kanetix

COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program: Applications Begin July 13 The Government of Ontario is making $9 million available to support residential customers struggl...ing to pay their energy bills because of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) provides a one-time, on-bill credit to eligible residential electricity and natural gas customers to help them catch up on their energy bills and resume regular payments. Electricity and natural gas utilities and unit sub-meter providers (USMPs) will begin accepting applications for CEAP on July 13, 2020, delivering the program in accordance with rules laid out by the OEB. CEAP funding is limited, with utilities and USMPs expected to process applications in the order in which they are received. Please note, submitting an application does not guarantee funding. To apply for CEAP funding, customers should contact their utility or USMP directly. For more information, including eligibility requirements and on-bill credit amounts, visit http://ow.ly/vTHF50Au6d9

Congratulations to Pastor Wright from Wesley United Church! Wonderful tribute means over 1000 pounds of food donated to The Hope Centre. THANK YOU! https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca//welland-church-pastor

We are still seeing many families using our food bank during this time and we have updated our most needed list : Water Juice Sides : hamburger helper/sidekicks etc ... Snacks Reusable Grocery Bags Donations can be dropped off at 570 King St on the north side of the building at the food bank window from 9:30am to 12pm and 1pm to 3pm Thank you for your continued support!

Note the change for Welland Transit.

June 23 is the last day to order your shirt and receive it by Canada Day!!

Thank you to Wesley United Church for helping us work towards ensuring nobody in #Welland goes hungry.

Our friends at City of Welland and Presstime Design & Screenprint have come up with a great idea to support your community AND celebrate Canada Day this year. You can purchase your Canada Day shirt online by June 23 and proceeds will go to The Hope Centre with your shirt being delivered by July 1! We look forward to seeing everyone in their Canada Day gear soon! http://www.presstimedesign.com/canada-day-shirts

Attention On Thursday June 18 there is a planned power outage for our area so unfortunately The Hope Centre will be closed until 1pm! We will not be serving lunch however the Foodbank will open from 1pm until 3pm. We will resume normal hours on Friday June 19th with the Foodbank open 9:30am-Noon and 1pm-3pm. We will also be back to serving up lunch and hope to see everyone then!

Today!!!!! Thank you so much to the anonymous donor for helping ensure that nobody in Welland goes hungry.

Huge thanks to Welland Toyota for supporting our food bank. Staff all contributed to make a $2000 donation to help us ensure that we can provide for those that are hungry in our community. #AllWellandGood

Congratulations for her well deserved recognition! We are proud to count Shannon as one of our caring team members. https://www.wellandtribune.ca//10002194-shannon-munro-pro/

What a wonderful way to start our day! Thank you to the Welland Scouts for thinking of us and letting us know in such a thoughtful way. We appreciate everyone who continues to support us during this time, we are very grateful

Tomorrow at 1pm groceries from an anonymous donor will be distributed at Market Square in Welland Please use safe social distancing practices and please only receive this generosity if you are truly in need of help. Thank you to whoever is behind this heartwarming act of community support. We are grateful

If you know our Food Security Coordinator Gina, then you know she loves to make a special occasion special! With the help of our friends Brenda and Doug Yager of Yager Bros, we get to celebrate and treat our moms to a little something special for Mother's Day! Thanks for answering our call Brenda, we are very grateful for your generous donation and so are all the moms we support ... Happy Mother's Day!

Sending out our sincere appreciation to our incredible community for continuing to support us during this time. There are many individual first time donors who are contributing to the work we do for the first time and we are so thankful for you. We also know how fortunate we are to have dedicated organizations and individuals who are consistent in the way they provide for us, it always warms our hearts.... To name just a few of many: Costco St. Catharines, Welland, Food Basics, dear friend and past Board President Greg Woods, Women's Place, Simply Holistic by Diana, Re/Max Welland Realty Ltd, and CanForge. Thank you for standing by us! We couldn't do get through this time without you.

We are proud to have strong partnerships with Food Banks Canada and Feed Ontario Along with support from the provincial government, we received nine skids of emergency food boxes! Our small but mighty team unloaded them yesterday and are extremely grateful to our partners for providing these essentials items for our community... Thank you!

Thanks to our friends at 91.7 Giant FM for dropping off two dozen roses, face masks, and a letter of appreciation for our work. We appreciate you thinking of us!

These incredible women have been doing so much to support us during this time we really can't say thank you enough! Marcie from Fonthill Botox began by providing two lunches for 60 each week, her crew has now increased it to three times a week We couldn't be more grateful, thank you so much ... . . . #thankyou #community #Support #TheHopeCentre #Welland See more

Instagram auction alert! Read all the sweet details below! Thanks to shed pottery and friends for thinking of us during this time. We are very grateful

Our friend Lily asked friends and family to send or post pictures and drawings of roses and rainbows for her 4th birthday For each one, her parents donated $5! They reached their goal of 50 pictures and donated $250 to help us continue to provide essential services to the community. Thank you so much, Lily, we are so grateful for your thoughtfulness and we hope you had a Happy Birthday