Z Cares Food Drive

Z103.5 & Healthy Planet have teamed up this year for the Z Cares Food Drive.

We are accepting non-perishable items until December 15th to help those in need.

All non-perishable food items and donations will go towards the Daily Bread Food Bank.

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When you visit us on-site, you also have a chance to win a $1,500 Visa Gift Card, courtesy of Access Storage.

• Over one in ten Torontonians now rely on food banks, up from one in twenty just two years ago
• We saw 3.49 million client visits across Daily Bread member agencies last year – over a million more visits than the year before and a 273% increase since pre-pandemic
• Approximately one in four food bank users are children or youth
• It took 38 years to exceed 1 million visits a year in Toronto, then 2 years to exceed 2 million, and only 1 year to cross 3 million visits per year. At our current rate, we anticipate seeing more than 4 million visits by year end.
• Before the pandemic, Daily Bread use to see around 68,000 client visits per month. We are now seeing over 300,000 visits each month.
• Approximately 57% of Daily Bread clients from last year had never stepped foot in a food bank before
• Roughly 3 in 5 users have post-secondary education and 51% of new clients have someone in their household who is employed
• After rent and utilities, clients only have around $7.78 on average left over each day to cover food and other essentials