Kosher food banks are finding it a challenge to keep up with the growing need for help in 2022
Kosher food banks across the country say the last few months have been unprecedented as growing numbers of people turn to them looking for help while food prices soar and wages fail to keep up. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver food banks all report that they are stretched ever thinner—and, in some cases, they have had […]
Passover food drives across the country find the need has gone up by 20 percent this year
“Macaroons?” “Got it!” “Ok, here we go: strawberry jam!” That was the scene in the main hall of Toronto’s Lipa Green building on Sunday, April 3, where hundreds of volunteers, including Canadian Members of Parliament, spent the day packing Passover food boxes for the city’s needy. The boxes were destined for 1,000 clients of the […]
