Thousands of Butterball turkeys donated to Feed the Need in Durham – Durham | 24CA News
At a time when meals financial institution utilization is unprecedentedly excessive, meals and financial donations have turn into a lifeline for meals banks throughout the area. Three thousand butterball turkeys have been donated to Feed the Need in Durham as a part of the corporate’s annual objective of donating 17,000 servings of turkey throughout the nation.
“Every year Butterball Canada is proud to donate to food banks all over Ontario,” Chef Shahir Massoud mentioned. “We actually donate 17,000 servings of turkey across the country, 8,000 in the province, and this year we chose Feed the Need Durham.”
Eight thousand turkeys will go to Feed Ontario, which incorporates Feed the Need.
“In Durham Region, we’ve seen a 53 per cent rise in visits to food banks, and we are seeing over 205,000 visits a year to food banks across our region, and that’s an unprecedented number for us,” mentioned Ben Earle, CEO of Feed the Need in Durham. “So any donation, especially during this time of season, during the holidays so people can make sure to have holiday meals, is appreciated and so needed.”
The 2023 Hunger Report by Feed the Need Durham studies greater than 205,000 visits to meals banks within the area, and one-quarter of these shoppers have been first-time customers. The improve has impacted these making an attempt to satisfy the necessity, coupled with greater meals costs on the grocery retailer and dwindling donations.
According to the report, over 800,000 individuals within the province used a meals financial institution.
Earle mentioned meals financial institution utilization throughout the area was at greater than 200,000 visits between 2020 and 2022, and that quantity has since doubled.
The hope is that these turkeys will go to native households within the area in want, to have an opportunity to eat a nourishing meal this vacation season.
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