Shipping Food To Ontario’s Most Remote Communities – Huffington Post Canada

The OAFB distributes fresh, frozen and non-perishable food to its 125 direct member food banks across the province. From urban centres, to rural communities, to the far corners of the North, there are very few areas of the province that are not served by one of our member food banks.

This past year, the OAFB distributed more than seven million pounds of food to these agencies, including fresh eggs, meat, milk and produce, or the equivalent of five million meals.

Sound distribution is of the utmost importance to the OAFB as it is what ensures that children do not have to go to bed hungry; students do not have to choose between buying books or having dinner; and that senior citizens do not have to choose between heat and food throughout the winter.

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