Cambridge Food Bank

Central supports the Cambridge Food Bank.

Members of Central are involved throughout our community. Everything from the Bridges, to the Ontario Christian Gleaners, from Special Olympics to the Trinity Community Table.

In February 2012, Central’s session voted to adopt the Cambridge Food Bank as its primary local mission.

The Cambridge Food Bank is unique among food banks in that it truly is far more than just a food bank.

Their Mobile Food Market brings together people from all walks of life. Each week, they offer a basket of fresh vegetables. Wherever possible, these vegetables are sourced from local farmers, thus supporting agriculture in our region. The baskets are sold on a “pay what you can” model. Those who can afford to pay more, subsidize the prices for those who can’t. When you participate in this program, you can use your grocery dollars to support those in need, all the while getting high quality fresh produce. This program is truly a win-win.

The food bank works with community gardens to provide low income families a place to grow their own vegetables. The food bank also encourages “grow a row” where one row of your garden is dedicated to providing nutrition to those in need.

The food bank offers cooking classes, seminars in chronic pain management, fitness programs, classes in preserving food, recipes, children’s activities and so much more.

As it’s motto says, it is more than just a food bank.

In their own words:

“The Cambridge Food Bank first opened its doors in 1985; members of social services, community and religious organizations, a lawyer and several community members founded the organization. The Food Bank serves the City of Cambridge and Township of North Dumfries, which together has a population of approximately 130,000. Over 1600 families are helped each month, and 32 community organizations are provided with food.

The Food Bank employs twelve full time staff, but volunteers are the key of our success. Our volunteers consist of adults, students, community assigned workers, co-op students and individuals on work placements.

We work to dispel the societal attitude that people who access food banks are not good enough and are less than everyone else. Our goal is to have everyone walking out feeling better than when they came in. Our mission is to offer additional food products and assistance to residents in need. We work to foster self-reliance by offering educational opportunities, job training and one-on-one emotional support.

CFB is dedicated to feeding the hungry“

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