Youth Volunteers
Empower. Inspire. Impact.
A brief overview of last year...
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu
Results from our most recent Food Drive...
We successfully collected 625 lbs of non-perishable food items through flyers sent out by our team throughout Mississauga!
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A huge thanks to our neighbors and kind citizens that empower, support and motivate more youth individuals to create a bigger impact in our community!
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Our first food drive resulted in...
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non-perishable food items,
equivalent to...
928
lbs
823
$ 3,267
Our biggest food drive so far...
- 928 lbs of food donations over the course of summer break,
- First place at The Compass for the most amount of food donated from a non-commercial food drive in 20 years.
- It is equivalent to 1 meal for more than 1900 people.
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For our food drive, spanning across Lorne Park and Erin Mills neighbourhoods and a total of 500 homes, we recieved 823 food items, weighing 928 Lbs. Many of our incredible neighbours donated multiple items on The Compass' "Most Need Items" list such as breakfast cereal, Kraft Dinner, oatmeal, pasta and pet food. Aside from food, we also recieved very generuous school supplies and clothes.
Walk the Walk 2023
Although The Walk might not be a thousand miles long, the journey of combating food insecurity is (or at least it's close). Needless to say, we have a lot of work to do and the first step that you can take in that journey is by joining us, the Youth Volunteers Team, for the 17th Annual Walk the Walk event by The Compass Food Bank.
By joining us and donating to the cause, you are supporting The Compass in offering their crucial support to individuals experiencing homelessness and low income families, through not only food, but numeruous services such as mental health support, job search, mentoring, and so much more.
This year also marks a historic first; the Youth Volunteers Team is the first team in the history of The Walk to be initiated by youths! Our goal is to show the community how powerful the youth demographic is (but of course families are welcome to join as well).
Tell your friends, neighbours family members, anyone you know as every donation, no matter the size, goes directly to The Compass to support thousands of individuals in our community.
To learn more visit this link: https://thecompass.ca/walk/
To join the Youth Volunteers team visit this link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-compass/p2p/walk2023/team/youth-volunteers-team/member/sign-up
We are also recruiting volunteers to help set up this event. Send us a private message or register on our website (link in bio) if you are interested - we do offer volunteer hours.
Together, let's support our community through a fun and memorable way.
2023 Walk the Walk
