Last year was particularly difficult for the food banks, and unfortunately we are threatened with a similar scenario in 2024: the number of donations is actually lower after the holidays, even if the need is still just as great.
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Organizations therefore need to be more inventive to meet the demand and carry out their activities in a very organized manner.
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This creates partnerships between food banks and certain producers of vegetable or meat products, as well as certain grocers who donate their unsold goods to them.
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The Entraide Agapè food bank in the Beauport district of Quebec also organized its products received during the holidays with an eye on the months of January and February and is known in the food bank world for the decline in donations it has observed.
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The Agapè Bank has therefore decided to set aside some of its non-perishable food items that it received as part of the Christmas hampers collection and instead deliver them at the beginning of this year.
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“Of course, after the holidays, people may be busy with other things, paying credit cards, etc., so we always need food in January and February,” explains Quebec Food Banks General Manager Martin Munger.