News & Events
Fill-a-Bag Food Drive Call for Volunteers
Food Share looking for volunteers to help with Fill-a-Bag drive Press release If you have a few hours to spare on two consecutive Saturday afternoons in May, Community Food Share can use your help. You’ll be helping to ensure the success of the Community Food...
Empty Bowls 2022 postponed until 2023
Postponement of Empty Bowls 2022 Press release The annual Empty Bowls luncheon scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 12 and sponsored by Community Food Share has been postponed again for 2022, a victim of the COVID pandemic. Last held in 2020, just prior to the start of...
Thanks to our Community Supporters
Community Food Share is the channel through which our COMMUNITY SHARES FOOD. It’s that simple. Our mandate is to eliminate food insecurity in Dundas and Stormont Counties. We do this by collecting and purchasing food and distributing it to those who need the help of...
CP Holiday Train 2021 matching campaign
Saturday, December 18th, 20218:00pmYour Home!Since its beginning in 1999, the brightly decorated CP Holiday Train has been a highlight of the season for people living along the CP Rail line. CP’s generous donations over the years have reached over twenty million...
St. Paul’s Community Garden 2021
Summer 2021St. Paul's Community Garden St. Paul’s Community Garden donates 257 pounds of food Clients of the food bank operated by Community Food Share have been the recipients of 257 pounds of fresh garden produce this summer, thanks to the efforts of the dedicated...
Grow-a-Row program 2021
June, July and August 2021Community Food Share locations and Cooter's Automotive in Berwick Community Food Share seeks fresh garden produce donations With the gardening season getting into high gear, Community Food Share is pleased to again partner with Cooter’s...
Fill-a-Bag Food Drive 2021
CancelledVillages across Dundas and Stormont County (specific areas TBA, depending on availability of volunteers)Due to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, our annual Fill-a-Bag Food Drive has once again been cancelled. We miss all our amazing...
New Williamsburg Satellite Location
Clients of Community Food Share (the Food Bank) living in the Williamsburg area will soon have an option for simpler access to food. Foodbank clients can pick up their food hampers at the new Williamsburg Satellite location of Community Food Share at 4324...
Empty Bowls 2021
Empty Bowls takes place every Winter.
Hunger Report 2020
Hunger Report 2020 - Statement from CFS Chair Visit https://feedontario.ca/hunger-report-2020/ for the full report Report Highlights Food bank use was on the rise pre-COVID-19: Between April 1, 2019 — March 31, 2020, 537,575 people accessed food banks across Ontario...
