Kids First Food Bank Closing, Food Delivery Available
Windsor Family Homes & Community Partnerships and Kids First Food Bank in Windsor is closing to the public until further notice.
A release from the organization on Monday says, “We recognize that food is a basic human right, and we are committed to providing food security supports to those in need as best we can during this difficult time. WFHCP is dedicated to flattening the curve in order for our community to get back on its feet sooner than later.”
The organization has also announced a partnership with Men in Kilts who will be doing home deliveries of food packages with porch drop off.
The plan for March 23-27th, 2020 is as follows:
Food Bank Delivery Program
Tuesday March 24th and Wednesday March 25th community members will be able to call our food security line (calls will not be taken at the office) or email. Calls will only be taken between 10am - 12pm and 1pm - 3pm. Using this number or email address, qualifying families can register for one food package per address
519-999-1468 or deliver.kidsfirstfoodbank@gmail.com
**Voicemail messages will not be checked - and leaving a message will not register someone for a package**.
At the time of the call or in the email, a person's Link2Feed ID number OR the following information must be provided:
- Name
- Birth Date
- Address
- Email Address
- Source of income
- Names/birth dates of each person living in the home
There will be a limit of 60 packages available for the week, and will be dropped on porches this Friday afternoon March 27th. Once the limit is reached for the week we will not be taking registration calls/emails.
This situation is day by day and we will make decisions as quickly as we can, based on health/safety measures being taken, the availability of food and donations coming in.
Breakfast Bags
Clients with school aged children can call or email between the hours of 10-12 & 1-3 on Thursday March 26th to register for the program. This program was put into place and paid for through donations of community members in order to fill the gap for those families reliant on breakfast programs in schools.
At the time of the call they must either provide their Link2Feed ID or the following:
- Name
- Birth Date
- Address
- Email Address
- Source of income
- Names/birth dates of each person living in the home
A gift card that will cover the items which were being handed out in the bags will be mailed to each family. At this time there is a limit of 1 gift card per address.
Using this number or email address, qualifying families can register for one gift card per address
519-999-1468 or deliver.kidsfirstfoodbank@gmail.com
**Voicemail messages will not be checked - and leaving a message will not register someone for a gift card**.