Windsor Essex Food Bank Association Joins Canada Day Celebration Collecting Can Goods!

The Canada Day Parade is finally here again, and we are all eager to gather and show how patriotic we are! To celebrate our beautiful Country, and community here in Windsor, the Windsor Essex Food Bank Association, (WEFBA) will be participating and collecting can goods for the Local Food Banks during the Canada Day Parade on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at 11:00 a.m.

Members of the community are urged to bring a canned good or a donation of their choice to the parade, where participants will be pushing grocery carts and collecting their donations. The WEFBA represents 15-member food banks, donated goods from the parade will be distributed proportionally.

“In every community across the country, hunger is a prevalent issue. All the food collected at this food drive will stay 100 per cent local and help to feed our friends and neighbours in need, right here in Windsor and Essex County,” said June Muir, CEO of the UHC- Hub of Opportunities and President of the
WEFBA.

Food banks often see significant decreases in donations over the summer months, however the demand for food has increased exponentially, and individuals are turning to food banks to just get by! Any type of donation, small or large, makes an impact!

Canned goods and monetary donations will be collected along the parade route.