Margaret's House
Registered Name: FEEDING OTHERS OF DARTMOUTH SOCIETY
Business No: 870077757RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and have been issued a charitable registration number.
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Feeding Others of Dartmouth (F.O.O.D.) Society is a registered charity whose mission is to provide free home-cooked meals to adults in need
Feeding Others of Dartmouth (F.O.O.D.) Society is a registered charity whose mission is to provide free home-cooked meals to adults in need within the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Feeding Others of Dartmouth Society, or F.O.O.D., as it is known today, began in the late 1960s as a nutrition/cooking class for low-income women who were on social assistance. They met once a week at 54 Alderney Dr. in the O’Brien Building with their instructor, nutritionist Joy Johns. These women decided to share their food creations with single, less fortunate people in the area. About six to 10 people came for lunch once a week.
From its initial three days per week serving schedule in 1990, the program expanded to five days per week. Six years later, the service was further expanded to seven days as a way of decreasing the stress of emergency food service to single adults on weekends. An additional expansion occurred in 2000, when suppers on a twice-weekly basis were offered. Up until the pandemic began in March 2020, the program was serving lunch seven days a week and suppers on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Covid-19 necessitated an additional change to takeaway meal service only, from Monday-Friday between 11:30 and 12:30. This will continue for the foreseeable future. Approximately 3,000 meals are served each month.
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