(pictured left to right: Rachel Dixon, Director of Development, Feed Ontario, Jason Fitzsimmons, Chief Corporate Affairs and Customer Care Officer, Hydro One, June Muir, Chief Executive Officer, UHC – Hub of Opportunities, Gary McNamara, Warden of Essex County and Mayor of Tecumseh, Hilda MacDonald, Mayor of Leamington and Tom Bain, Mayor of Lakeshore.) (CNW Group/Hydro One Inc.)
Hydro One announced today that they have made a considerable donation to Feed Ontario, the province’s largest collective of hunger relief organizations providing food banks with fresh food and pantry staples.
Hydro One’s contribution of $150,000 will provide the equivalent of 450,000 means to help Ontarians facing hunger.
Food Ontario says food banks have faced a 26 percent increase in first time visitors since the start of the pandemic and have also faced service and operational challenges to keep visitors, staff and volunteers safe.
Food banks are bracing for another increase in use. Feed Ontario anticipates that the lasting impacts of the pandemic will only increase demand as more families exhaust all other options.
The partnership with Hydro One will mean 1200 hunger relief organizations will be able to safely distribution nutritious foods to more than 130 communities.
