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June 2011

Who's Hungry in the GTA?

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If you lost your job tomorrow, how many months could you manage to continue paying your rent, your hydro, your heating or grocery bills? How much of your monthly income goes towards housing costs? For people who access a food bank, the answer is 72 per cent. Spending 50 per cent or more of your monthly income on housing costs puts someone at serious risk of homelessness. That’s why with the release of this year’s Hunger Snapshot we decided to focus on an innovative solution: an Ontario Housing Benefit.

An Ontario Housing Benefit would be a monthly benefit for low income tenants that would pay a part of the gap between their rent and the income they are receiving. Hunger is not just about food. It is about lack of income. It is not having enough money to pay rent AND put food on the table. Families go hungry when they cannot afford to do both. Everyone deserves a roof over their heads and food on the table and a Housing Benefit will help both of those things happen for people across Ontario.

The Hunger Snapshot also has some statistical highlights from the 2011 survey to provide you with a brief picture of poverty and hunger in the GTA. The full report on the results of the survey will be released on September 21st, 2011.

Visit www.dailybread.ca/learning-centre/housing-benefit to find out more about a Housing Benefit.

Download the 2011 Hunger Snapshot >>

Strike Out Hunger

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Get your team together and register for our inaugural bowl-a-thon event, Strike Out Hunger! It will be taking place on July 21st, 2011 from 6:30-9:30p.m. at Bowlerama West in Toronto.

Spots are going fast! We have space for 32 teams to compete against each other for three hours of bowling fun. There will be prizes for top team score, top fundraiser and best-dressed team – yes, you read correctly. There is no place to show your flair like on the lanes.

Register and Strike Out Hunger today! >>

Volunteer Coordinator Conference
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photo by Gabrielle Chackal

Daily Bread's Volunteer Coordinator Alisha Coroa recently attended the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVR-O) Conference in Mississauga and wrote about her experience there. The conference has inspired volunteer coordinators across the province to continue the great work they are doing organizing, supporting and encouraging volunteers.

At Daily Bread Food Bank our volunteers are vital to ensuring we can provide food and resources to the thousands of individuals and families across Toronto who rely on us every day.

Read the full PAVR-O Conference post >>

 

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Add your voice to the call for all political parties to support the implementation of an Ontario Housing Benefit.

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Lace Up Against Hunger!

Join Team DBFB Breadwinners to help fight hunger and poverty in Toronto. Start training now to run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5km, half-marathon, or marathon and raise funds for Daily Bread Food Bank!

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