Social
Justice
Advocate
Hi, I'm Leah
Between 2021 and 2024, I ran the Fresh Food Weekly food security program. This program delivered half-a-million dollars-worth of fresh food to +8,000 low-income residents throughout the City of Barrie and the Township of Innisfil. Since I couldn't afford a lawyer, I wrote my own governing documents and received charitable status in July 2022. Between July 2022 and March 2024, I personally raised +$195K in monetary donations. This works out to a little more than $10K raised each month for 19 consecutive months.
Feeding people costs less than treating them for chronic diseases.
We delivered fresh and locally-sourced food to the front doorsteps of food-insecure households every other week, for free.
Food Needs Within Barrie's Public Housing Complexes
Fresh Food Weekly would like to get a better understanding of the food needs within Barrie's public housing complexes. This information will help us determine our next steps forward.
If you live in any of Barrie public housing's complexes and are struggling to eat enough food to survive on, we want to know you exist.
At this time, we don't require verification documents. However, when we start up our next program, we will require verification of address, income and number of household members, including their ages, at that time.
Thank you.
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