Kingston-area businesses join fundraiser for school food program, as demand soars

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There’s a new addition to a typical place setting in some Kingston, Ont. restaurants this month, and it’s a way to donate to the region's school lunch program.

At Toast and Jam on Bath Road, you can find the tabletop QR codes for the Food Sharing Project’s 'Care 2 Share' Campaign.

Head baker Melissa Tam says the cards placed on the table help customers to make a donation directly to the Food Sharing Project. The organization provides free boxes of food to schools in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. There they are distributed through school breakfast, lunch and snack programs to students who could use them no questions asked.

"We’re putting $25,000 worth of food out the door every week. That has never happened in the life of the Food Sharing Project."Each week, volunteers pack more than 450 boxes with fresh fruit and vegetables for more than 80 area schools.

 

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