About The Food Sharing Project

• The Food Sharing Project is a partner of the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, and has been providing healthy food to schools in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington for almost 40 years.
• School coordinators order food and a team of over a dozen volunteers pack 450 boxes (10,000lbs) of food every week - a value of over $20,000.
• Staff members deliver the food to 88 elementary, secondary, and alternative education sites, travelling some 700kms every week to get healthy food to the doors of the schools.
• At each school, coordinators use the food to provide breakfast, lunch or hearty snacks for any student who needs access to healthy food.
• Over half of all students enrolled in schools in our region have accessed food at school at some time.
• Research, and our school staff, tell us that students who eat healthy food at school are more focused on their studies, are better able to pay attention, have more energy, and have more positive social interactions.

Our challenge this year

• The demand for food at school has continued to increase. KFLA Public Health reported that 1 in 6 families in our region are experiencing food insecurity...up from 1 in 9 just the year prior.
• The price of food and other household costs are rising and incomes are not keeping pace. As a result, more families are struggling to make ends meet. When we can provide nutritious meals at school, those families can spend their limited income on other living expenses.
• While we are delighted at the news of federal support through the new National School Food Program, the committed dollars fall far short of being able to provide a fully accessible school food program in our region and across the nation.

Thank for our local and national supporters, and bulk purchasing arrangements, we can provide a nutritious meal including fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and proteins like dairy, for $3.  To meet the rising demand and rising prices, we rely on our donors to help us make it to the end of the school year, so no child is left hungry. 

To find out more, please visit our website at www.foodsharingproject.org where you can find our annual report, leadership team, audited financials, and learn more about what we do and how we do it. Or please give us a call at 613-530-3514.