CALEB NICKERSON
OUTAOUAIS Oct. 21, 2020
The federal government announced last week that they would be disbursing funding for local non-profits to improve food security.
Pontiac MP Will Amos, along with his colleague from the riding of Hull-Aylmer, Greg Fergus, announced . . .
$164,000 for area organizations via a virtual press conference at the Aylmer Food Bank on Oct. 14.
The funding comes from the Government of Canada’s Emergency Food Security Fund.
“Many Canadians rely on food banks and local food organizations to feed and provide support to their families during difficult times,” Amos said in a statement. “Statistics Canada reports that in the height of the crisis, almost one in seven Canadians indicated that they lived in a household where there was food insecurity.”
The funding was dispersed to the following organizations:
La Manne de l’île ($8,000)
Regroupement des cuisines collectives de Gatineau ($47,000)
Centre alimentaire Aylmer ($15,000)
Table de concertation sur la faim et le développement social en Outaouais ($20,000)
Aux goûts du Jour (Les Oeuvres de charité) ($6,000)
Table de développement social du Pontiac ($1,200)
Table de développement social Vallée-de-la-Gatineau ($9,600)
Le Grenier des Collines ($48,800) La Maison des Collines ($8,400)
