Community fridge located @ 115 Stanley Ave & Locke Street. Open 24/7. Take what you need, leave what you can, Learn more ➡️ https://xitter.gq/t.co/YU0YYOkIge
Joined November 2021
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Hi! We’re a community fridge and pantry located on 115 Stanley Avenue, near Locke Street. We have fresh produce, frozen goods, dried goods like rice and pasta, snacks, and personal care items including menstrual and dental hygiene products, #HamOnt #myFirstTweet 1/n
Our fridge & pantry are currently empty, please considering dropping some items by! Our request board include fruit, granola bars, peanut butter, cat/dog food, & heat and eat type foods (think ramen/frozen dinners). DM if you want to donate to our amazon wishlist or e-transfer!
"It’s frustrating to see the research being ignored, says Tarasuk. “We have yet to see a provincial or federal government really designing income supports in a way to optimize the impact on household food security.”
“One of the barriers to intelligent public policy around food insecurity is this mythology that somehow, while it’s not perfect, we’re managing the problem by having food charity.”
Speaking w/ @LianaHwang about tackling the root cause of food insecurity. thestar.com/news/canada/2023…
Hey #LockeStreet #HamOnt!
Our shelves are looking a little empty, can you help? Some popular items are diary, eggs, canned products/sauce, pasta/rice, and fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables. Some requests from our community members include oatmeal and granola bars!
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Our fridge and pantry are looking a little empty! Our request board includes oatmeal and granola bars. We have some tea, coupons, toiletries, and socks!
Our fridge and pantry are looking a little empty! Our request board includes oatmeal and granola bars. We have some tea, coupons, toiletries, and socks!
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Our friends at the Kirkendall Neighbourhood Association at Easter Egg hunt on April 8 at Blessings Christian Church. Consider bringing an item for the @lockestfridge. First egg drop is at 9:30am. Bring your own basket.
ALT KNA Easter Egg Hunt Poster All are welcome to the Kirkendall Neighbourhood Association's 1st annual Easter Egg Hunt! Saturday, April 8 at Blessings Church (115 Stanley Ave Hamilton). Eggs will be dropped at 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 and 11:30! Bring your own basket. Adults supervision required. This event is not allergen-free.
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Hey Neighbours ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼 We have some volunteer roles available at the @LockeStFridge. If you're interested in any of these roles or want to help out in other ways, please be in touch or fill out the volunteer form here: linktr.ee/locke.street.fridg…
Just a reminder that we don't monitor or police the usage of our community fridge. We ask that others do not question or monitor fridge users on their need or use.
One in six households — 5.8 million people, including 1.4 million children — were food insecure in 2021.
"Food insecurity is a policy decision. It doesn't have to look like this. It's about how policies protect, or don't, the most vulnerable people in the population."
“It’s not about having more people sort the cans or carry another box of donations in. It’s about doing the harder work of saying, ‘How can we rejig the Canada Child Benefit to make sure that children in Canada are not at elevated risk?’” nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Hi everyone! The fridge will be closed on November 11 to 13 for some renovations. We want to ensure this space remains dignified, respected by all, and operable in the safest way possible. We are sharing our renovations plans in this thread and seeking feedback 1/n
We are seeking feedback through our Virtual Town Hall, a physical comment box in the shed, and through the feedback form listed in our bio. If you would like to attend our Town Hall, please RSVP through the link in our bio. 3/n.
We are hosting a town hall on November 2 at 8 PM. Join us as we share a general update on how things are going and collect feedback that will influence our operations. We will also be sharing some renovation plans. 1/n
If you would like to attend or submit feedback please check out the following Google forms. 2/n
Town Hall RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Feedback: docs.google.com/forms/d/1_If…
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Like in years before, elected officials have made appearances to food banks at Thanksgiving. Yet, we continue to see no dedicated policy action to reduce the rates of food insecurity in Canada.
From the archives (Jan 2021)⬇️:
For Thanksgiving, Trudeau asked Canadians to support their local food bank. Back in Toronto, expert Valerie Tarasuk was outraged. 30 years of her research showed that giving money to food banks didn't get rid of food insecurity.
The real issue? Poverty. torstar.co/N4gu50Dit5U