Fresh Food Hub

Open Arms Mission Capital Campaign 2020

Fresh Food Hub

Open Arms Mission Capital Campaign 2020

$0 raised of $118,000 goal

Fresh Food Hub

In the beautiful Niagara Region, we have over 1800 farms and agricultural operations. We also have thousands of people who go hungry each day. We want to close that gap, by connecting farmers, food manufacturers, grocers and other donors with people in need in our community through the creation of a regional food hub. We are building the infrastructure to sort, package, store and distribute healthy, fresh food to food banks and meal programs in Welland and throughout the Niagara Region.

58% of all food produced in Canada is wasted, 32% of which could be rescued

According to Second Harvest's research on "The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste"

Packaging room $45,000

Through our partnership with farmers, food producers, grocery stores and other people in our community, we receive large donations of perishable food that need to be sorted and packaged into smaller, usable packages that can be given to people in need and used by meal programs to feed hungry people.

Walk in Cooler $20,000

We will install a 20'x10' cooler to store fresh produce and meat, prolonging its usefulness and reducing waste.

Walk in freezer $25,000

We will build a 20'x10' walk in freezer to ensure more fresh produce is rescued and to freeze family sized portions for distribution.

Well and Septic System $28,000

We need to provide fresh water and drainage for safe food handling at our large 13 acre property which has a 12,000 square foot warehouse with commercial loading docks.

124,600 lbs of fresh produce and meat

were sorted, repackaged and distributed from our facilities to people in need from April to June 2020

Currently, we distribute food to 25 food banks and meal programs in Niagara.

We want to expand that and create more partnerships with the more than 80 food programs in our community.

Donate Now!

1000 fresh produce boxes

$1,000.00

Through our partnerships with local farmers, your donation of $1000 will provide 1000 boxes of fresh produce to people in need in our community.

Supply chicken for 340 meals

$500.00

Your donation of $500 will deliver enough chicken to prepare and serve 340 meals through our partner meal programs.

Provide groceries for a family for 4 weeks

$100.00

Your donation of $100 will ensure that a family of 4 or more will have healthy food for 4 weeks.

67,183 people in Niagara do not have enough healthy food because of insufficient funds

Here's what some of our partner programs have to say...

The RAFT Youth Hostel and Drop in Resource Centre, St. Catharines

"The chicken that has been provided by Open Arms Mission has been an instrumental part of the [COVID 19] care packages which have brought many smiles and messages of thanks:

That helped a lot! We appreciate it so much.

You know you're literally a life saver, right?"

Southminster United Church Lunch program, Niagara Falls

"The chicken from Open Arms Mission allows us to serve a good protein source and direct our own funds to more fresh fruit and veggies. As well, being able to have chicken on the menu allows lunch to be the main meal of the day for some of the people who drop in.

Port Colborne Out of the Cold

"With the chicken donation from Open Arms Mission, we are able to continue this outreach ministry. You're helping us provide a nutritious takeout meal for approximately 50 guests in the Port Colborne community. It is truly appreciated."

-St. James and St. Brendan Anglican Church

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We want to ensure that everyone in our community has the healthy food they need. Help us make sure that no one goes hungry.

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