As demand for school food support continues to rise, the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS) is continuing to strengthen the infrastructure needed to help more children and youth across our city access the healthy food they need to thrive in class.
Through Bridging the Nutrition Gap, TFSS provides supplemental food to Student Nutrition Programs (SNPs) facing the greatest need at no cost to programs or schools. By purchasing food in bulk and leveraging strategic partnerships, we stretch every dollar further, providing approximately 45% more food than programs could purchase locally on their own. This helps ensure students have reliable access to the nourishment they need to learn in school.
To meet the growing demand across our city, we realized we needed a dedicated space to increase our storage capacity, expand volume purchasing, and further streamline food distribution. That’s why we’re opening the city’s first dedicated School Food Hub this fall. But the space itself isn’t enough to make it work; having the right equipment is essential to safely and efficiently move larger volumes of food. Thanks to the Mazon Canada School Food Infrastructure Grant, we were able to purchase a forklift. Though it may seem like a simple machine, this piece of equipment is essential for the success of the Food Hub. With the ability to handle heavier loads and streamline warehouse operations, our team can spend less time on manual movement of inventory and more time ensuring food gets where it is needed.
At the end of the day, it’s helping us stretch every dollar further, so we can get more food to more kids across our city. Together, these improvements will help us meet growing needs today while building a stronger foundation for the future.
“It’s always a happy day when our Bridging the Nutrition Gap delivery arrives and we bring in boxes filled with colourful fruits and vegetables. It means our students can count on having items like clementines, celery, bananas, and even dairy options such as yogurt in the weeks ahead. Most importantly, it means students don’t have to go without and can focus on learning instead of worrying about where their next meal will come from. The Bridging the Nutrition Gap program brings such a sense of relief and helps keep our morning meal program up and running from September through to June.” – Student Nutrition Program Volunteer
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