Press Releases 2010

MARKHAM, ON, July 14 /CNW/ - The Ontario Association of Food Banks launched Community Harvest Ontario, a major farm partnership program to dramatically increase the amount of fresh, healthy food acquired and distributed by food banks across the province through innovative partnerships between farmers, food banks, and corporate partners to grow, glean, and donate local fruits and vegetables.

TORONTO, March 25 /CNW/ - The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is concerned that the provincial government did not make necessary progress towards poverty reduction in today's budget

TORONTO, Jan. 11 /CNW/ - Power of the Hour, a national online and television campaign challenging Canadians to commit 2,000,000 volunteer hours in 2010, announced today that CEOs and senior executives representing the 22 member companies of the Corporate Council on Volunteering will be assembling to make a major announcement regarding their combined pledge of volunteer hours for 2010