Coach4Food – Nobody Goes It Alone

About Coach4Food and the North Bay Food Bank

• In 2017 the North Bay Food Bank served 11,050 clients of which 3,094 were
  children.
• The Food Bank serviced 6,300 households within North Bay and Redbridge.
• The North Bay Food Bank is open 4 days a week to serve our clients.
• The Food Bank exists solely on donations from our community and receives no
  government funding.
  • Its existence relies on the generousity of our community and the
    fundraisers held to keep the shelves stocked and the doors open.
  • More than 157,000 pounds of food was donated to Food Bank in 2017.
• Coach4Food is going into its 12th year of partnership with the Food Bank and
  has been its largest single donor over this partnership.
• The Coach4Food program raised over 20,000 pounds of food in 2017, but
  more importantly we saw a large increase in participation, going from 9 teams
  to over 27 teams last year.
• The participation of local minor hockey teams is the reason the Coach4Food
  program has been able to successfully help the Food Bank.
• To continue is efforts to fill the shelves, the North Bay Food Bank has
  developed a Food of the Month Campaign which has decreased the spending
  on groceries.
  • This campaign, with partnership of local grocery/retail stores, outlines
    the most needed items that people can purchase while shopping

For more information on the North Bay Food Bank, visit: https://northbayfoodbank.ca

To participate please review the How to Participate document