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Our Saviour Lutheran Church Rev. Joseph Singh |
Foodbank
Thursdays: 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm.
We serve Etobicoke north of Highway 401 and North York west of Highway 400. If you live outside this area,
please call the
Daily Bread Food Bank at 416-203-0050, or else call 211 or go
to www.211central.ca,
to find the location and times of a food bank in your area.
If you have never registered with us or the
Daily Bread Food Bank please bring ID
for everyone who lives with you. Otherwise we will be unable to record their
names and you will only be given food for yourself. For the other people who
live with you, only one piece of ID is required, which can be a passport,
PR card, health card, immigration papers, refugee claim document, Ontario ID,
or any other ID showing the full name and birth date.
We open the doors about 20 minutes before each of the 2 pm and 6 pm starting times.
We assign arrival numbers in random order as people enter the building. Then,
beginning at the starting times we start giving out food to people in the order
of their assigned numbers. People arriving after opening time are assigned numbers
in numerical order, starting one higher than the numbers given out so far.
In this way everyone present at or before the starting times has the same chance
and people arriving after the starting times are first come first served.
We do this to discourage people from coming extremely early and lining up. Before
we started using the random order, people were coming hours early to get a good place
in line and there were heated disputes with people trying to save spots in line
for others or trying to reserve their own place by leaving their bags. We feel our
present method is fairer to everyone.
If you come an hour or more after opening time there are often no lineups or
waiting required. However, please try to come at least 15 minutes before our
closing times.
With the Daily Bread Food Bank organization we record, with your permission, the name and birth date of each member of your household, along with your address, housing status, employment status and other statistical details. This information is kept confidential, and is used by our food bank and the Daily Bread Food Bank to better understand our clients' circumstances, and to advocate on their behalf.
Everyone working at our food bank is a volunteer. We need more volunteers.
If you have any further questions about our food bank or to help volunteer, please call:
Pastor 416-741-2110. Email: pastor@oslc.on.ca
Free Bibles and DVDs
We also provide Free Bibles in any language,
we have Free 'JESUS' movie on DVD,
other Christian literature and tracts.
Please Call 416-741-2110
or E-mail us at pastor@oslc.on.ca