The Food Sharing Project Information

Volunteers delivered food to local schools to ensure students had free access to healthy food - it all began with a box of oranges in the trunk of car. The Food Sharing Project has grown now to become an efficient model that is a partnership with the four local public school boards that serve Kingston, Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington County (Limestone District School Board, Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario, and Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est). The Food Sharing Project is a partner in the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, which provides core funding for food and administrative support. This is supplemented by contributions from local and national foundations, the United Way serving KFL&A, and the very generous support of individuals, families, corporations, school councils and many others. In the 2018-19 school year, over 16,000 students were fed by our programs, located in 87 schools and off site locations in our region - thousands of students are fed daily. This is done through organized breakfast, early morning meal, lunch and/or hearty snack programs to meet the specific needs of their school communities. Students are invited to eat and interact with others at school in a safe, stigma-free and caring environment program. Meal programs are accessible to any and all students, regardless of need. Rationale