Innovation Celebrates 50,000 Meals Served Through Its Food Security Campaign
Innovation is proud to announce that it has reached a remarkable milestone in its Food Security Campaign: 50,000 meals served to people facing food insecurity in 12 communities across Canada. The campaign, which started in 2021 as a Community Impact Campaign, has evolved into a flagship initiative that demonstrates Innovation's commitment to making a difference in the lives of the underserved.
The Food Security Campaign supports local registered charitable organizations that provide food assistance to those in need. Through strategic partnerships, donations, and volunteer efforts, Innovation has contributed to various food banks, meal programs, and learning centres that offer hope, sustenance, and resilience to vulnerable populations. The campaign has also expanded its reach to include new markets such as Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto, where Innovation operates as a federal credit union.
"Being part of the co-operative movement means sharing a common vision of creating a better world for everyone,” says Dan Johnson, CEO of Innovation Federal Credit Union. “Our Food Security Campaign is one way we express our values and our gratitude to the communities we serve. We are honored to have reached this milestone of 50,000 meals served and we look forward to continuing our efforts to nourish communities, one meal at a time."
Some of the organizations supported by Innovation's Food Security Campaign:
- Boys & Girls Club Battlefords: Innovation Grub Club
- Saskatoon Friendship Inn Meal Sponsorship Program: Serving warm meals to those experiencing homelessness.
- Swift Current Salvation Army Food Bank and Wednesday Night Meal: Providing comfort and nourishment.
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Regina: Offering hope and sustenance.
- Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan (Île-à-la-Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, La Loche): Bridging cultural gaps by extending to Northern Communities and ensuring no one goes hungry.
- Regina Foodbank: Neighbors feeding Neighbors.
- Regina Food for Learning: Providing nourishing food to children in schools.
- Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre: Ensuring a food secure community.
- Battlefords District Food & Resource Centre: Serving our community with a variety of food programs.
- Meadow Lake Outreach Food Bank and Door of Hope Soup Kitchen: Filling empty stomachs.
- Edmonton University of Alberta Campus Food Bank: We believe students should hunger for knowledge, not food.
- Calgary Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids (BB4CK): Communities caring for kids.
- Winnipeg Agape Table: Providing a community-based program, nourishing the body, mind, and spirit of our guests.
- Toronto Out of the Cold Foundation: responding in a meaningful way to the basic physical needs of shelter, food and warm clothing for the less fortunate members of our society.
- La Loche Ducharme Elementary School Breakfast Program