The Food Sharing Project works in partnership with all local school boards to ensure students have access to nutritious food throughout the school day.
The Food Sharing Project provides nutritious food to schools across Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington at no cost. Schools can order food for their Student Nutrition Programs, which we purchase and deliver directly to them. School staff and volunteers use this food to prepare and serve meals and snacks that are accessible to all students.
Through the Lunch is Ready! program, we also prepare and deliver complete lunches directly to participating schools, providing another way for students to access nutritious food during the school day.
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The Food Sharing Project…
- Sources nutritious food that meets Ontario Student Nutrition Program guidelines and responds to the needs of schools.
- Purchases food in bulk and works with suppliers to make each dollar go further.
- Maintains an online ordering system where schools can order food for their Student Nutrition Programs.
- Brings together volunteers to pack hundreds of boxes of food for schools each week.
- Delivers food every week to all 88 publicly funded schools across Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington.
- Prepares and delivers fresh lunches to participating schools through the Lunch is Ready! program.
- Provides schools with resources, support and training to help them operate successful Student Nutrition Programs.
- Raises funds and receives donations to support Student Nutrition Programs across the region.
- Provides equipment and supplies that help schools safely store, prepare and serve nutritious food.
The school’s Student Nutrition Program coordinator…
- Develops and delivers an in-school student nutrition program based on their capacity and particular nature of their school – could be classroom bins, central grab and go, or sit-down meal format.
- Provides meal and snack programs that are accessible to any student, regardless of need, in a stigma-free environment.
- Follows operational and nutrition guidelines, including safe food handling requirements.
- Orders food online by a prescribed weekly deadline.
- Stays up to date with program updates by reading weekly emails and contacting The Food Sharing Project as needed.
- Tracks the number of meals and snacks provided daily, along with volunteer hours, and reports that information in a timely manner each month.
School board partners
How our work is funded
- Donations and fundraising by individuals, families, businesses and community organizations provide a significant portion of our annual funding.
- The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services provides funding to support food and program coordination.
- Participating school boards contribute funding, while individual schools and parent councils also raise funds to support Student Nutrition Programs.
- Breakfast Club of Canada provides annual funding and food to support school nutrition.
- The Grocery Foundation supports our work through proceeds from its annual Make Happy Tummies campaign and donations of food.
- President’s Choice Children’s Charity provides funding through its Power Full Kids program.
- United Way Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington has provided annual funding to The Food Sharing Project since 2006.
- The Community Foundation for Kingston & Area, including through the Zal & Rose Yanovsky Breakfast Fund, and other charitable foundations provide grants that support our programs and operations.
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Who we are
Who we are
Our mission is to provide nourishment for students to improve their readiness to learn. As a community partner of the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, we provide nutritious food to all publically-funded schools across Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington, at no charge.
Corporate Info
Corporate Info
The Food Sharing Project is a registered Canadian charity that is governed by a Board of Directors. Directors are selected based on their skills and lived experience, and include parents, teachers, principals, School Board Trustee representatives, and a representative from KFL&A Public Health.
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