ST. PAUL’S SOCIAL SERVICE FOOD BANK SUNDAYS
St. Paul’s Social Service Food Bank is a volunteer food donation program administered through Social Services at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral. On the 2nd Sunday of each month year round, parishioners bring their offerings of food, diapers, personal care items and others as suggested by the coordinator at St Paul’s. Parish volunteers deliver the items to the cathedral and provide a tally of the donations to give feedback and thanks to parishioners. At Christmas, parishioners provide cash and gift cards to support the Christmas Share program at the cathedral.
Contact: Laura and Doug Fairbairn
NORTH EAST BASIC NEEDS GROUP
St. Jude’s is an active participant in this community group that works and advocates to ensure that basic needs such as food, housing and security are available to everyone. This group not only provides programming but encourages local government and businesses to get involved in the work of ensuring that basic needs are being met.
Current initiatives supported by St. Jude’s include:
The London Food Coalition https://www.londonfoodcoalition.com/meet-the-team that collects perfectly good food from local businesses that would otherwise be put in the garbage and redirecting it to be used in various programs around the city aimed at feeding the hungry.
The summer snack program for children attending day camps.
Providing space for LUSO programming for new comers and others in need in the north east commuities.