Service Information
Mobile Food Bank
Canadian Red Cross - Toronto Region
Category:
Food Bank (Mobile)
Approximate wait time for service of 2-4 weeks
Service Details
Description:
The Mobile Food Bank offered through the Canadian Red Cross delivers food and personal care items to people who are not able to access their local walk-in food banks. A two-to-three-day emergency supply of food is provided for clients who do not have sufficient income to stretch their food budgets. The Mobile Food Bank provides delivery of Food Bank Hampers to those who cannot access a walk in Food Bank and have no other supports within their household to help them. However, this program does not have the ability, nor the capacity, to cater to individual diets, special needs or requests for certain food items.
Languages:
English
Cost to Client:
No cost to client.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria:
- The client’s eligibility to the program will be assessed by the call you will receive from Canadian Red Cross Intake
- Not be able to access a walk-in food bank
- Client’s mobility must be severely impaired and leaving home is impossible or creates risk to the client
- Not reside with anyone else who is able to access a walk-in food bank and does not have the support of anyone nearby who can be of assistance.
- Includes dependents who are of age or become of age while client is receiving support
- Exceptions may be made for adults aged 18-24 who provide proof of enrollment in full-time studies.