The Ottawa Sun sat down with Michael Maidment days into his new role heading the Ottawa Food Bank. Q. What has surprised you in your first week? A. Going into the warehouse and seeing 21,000 square feet of food and starting to appreciate and understand, looking at those boxes, what that really means to nearly  […]

Thanksgiving won’t be a happy time for more than three million Canadians living in poverty. But for those of us who lead comfortable lives, Thanksgiving can be a time of giving back. The Thanksgiving season presents the perfect opportunity for you to donate your time, skills, or resources to those who are less fortunate. You  […]

Thanksgiving may be over but it was well and alive at The Salvation Army on Sunday. About 600 people waited in line outside the Jarvis St. Harbour Light Ministries location to receive a hot turkey dinner served by members of the Toronto Argonauts. “This is the 14th year that we’re privileged to have the Argos  […]

Over the next week complete strangers will gather together at Salvation Army centres across the country for thanksgiving dinner. Some will have no jobs and no prospects. Others will have no homes. Some will have families, but have no way to celebrate the holiday with them. Many will be lonely. Although they will come from  […]