Firms Filling Fridges - October 1 to 31, 2024

Firms Filling Fridges
October 1 to 31, 2024

2023 brought new challenges to the work of the Ottawa Food Bank:

The Ottawa Food Bank member agency network reported an astonishing surge in visits, totaling over 493,000 visits.

This is not just a number; these are people of all ages living in our community, working in your workplace. Agency partners are seeing more new Canadians, more two-parent households, and more employed people and families.

Food insecurity is increasing—the number of people in Ottawa experiencing food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017, from 1 in 15 to 1 in 7. Nearly 150,000 people in our city are food insecure.

With a 22% increase in the number of visits to the network from 2022 to 2023, and reduced funding (less than 2% of the Ottawa Food Bank funding comes from any level of government) Food banks try to keep up, but in this current climate, it’s overwhelming.

Once again, the CCLA is calling on the Ottawa legal community to lend its support to the Ottawa Food Bank.

For the entire month of October, support the 2024 Firms Filling Fridges campaign.

Click here to make a donation!

Using the button above, you can make a contribution to the FirmsFilling Fridges campaign.

If you would like to donate to a team that is raising funds for the campaign, you can do so by searching for the firm or department name on this page and donating to their team.

Each week, we'll be sharing the leaderboard for our "Golden Can Challenge" divisions. If you'd like to register your firm or department, it's not too late! Click here to register a team, and if you have any other questions or difficulties with your team page, you can get in touch with Nic Hupé at the Ottawa Food Bank.

Four "Golden Can Challenge" Divisions
Small Firms (1-10 lawyers)
Medium Firms (11- 29 lawyers)
Large firms (30+)
Government Department

A big thank you to the teams who have signed up so far!