This food bank looks like a market to give users more dignity

[@pamelakingwell2155]

This is the way food banks should be, right across this country!

[@-moumou-]

Absolutly! This is wonderful!

[@annetteslife]

Amen

[@EricMeatlikeaking]

i have gone to the food bank before to get free food and groceries.

[@HiveMistress]

I agree. It gives them something more. :)

[@JustinQuaid-u8v]

Every food bank now has that type of setting!

[@AlexanderStone]

"To Moms, showing love through food is a big deal". That's a beautiful quote, ma'am.

[@SowadAlMughni]

brings a smile to my face as I see this. While in university, I was broke and had to live a few years off food banks. good stuff

[@candybonhomme5915]

Yes what they are doing is wonderful and needed work. If only food, shelter and heating were affordably priced. That would be a great start to really giving these folks their dignity back.

[@office4smstande541]

So heartwarming to see. A Country helping its citizens. Here in South Africa you are on your own.

[@rakeshcristoval4797]

Proud to be in Toronto because of amazing people like this.

[@guzelaziz]

How wonderful!

[@JohnSmith-qs1mp]

Who's idea this, he is absolutely brilliant and played a leading role. I appreciate your idea, well done.

[@susanxyz]

😊😊😊so heart warming

[@johndefalque5061]

Looks a lot fresher than the stale food I've seen at food banks. Giving recipients choice is better too.

[@rainbowkitten8990]

We need this in the U.K., desperately.

[@BobRooney290]

omg. these companies have to stop raising food prices. this is insane that so many depend on food banks.

[@Maria-xw7mc]

This is absolutely wonderful.

[@fashioncreator5119]

Human Beings become people in 2019.

[@everss02]

If you feed a feral animal , it's still feral.

[@alexshapiro9841]

Human beings become animals again in 2020

[@YoniNadi]

Alex Shapiro . I agree with you! I think that many human beings are not exactly civilized in the current coronavirus environment. To many customers have been hoarding/stockpiling food, and paper towels, and toilet paper, and sanitation products, and are constantly revisiting the supermarkets only to do more stockpiling because they are fearful of the coronavirus!

[@rainbowkitten8990]

People become sick in 2020

[@bling-bling7628]

Amazing

[@JustinQuaid-u8v]

It's amazing to see more food banks like those in every city of our country! They eliminating grocery stores!

[@emilywalton4105]

She's a angel God bless her!

[@EricMeatlikeaking]

i went to a place like this before. it is nice to get some choices.

[@jenniferbassfirstchannel]

They need this in the USA everywhere!!! This is amazing!!

[@stephaniespragg5586]

And in the UK. I live in High Wycombe, north west of London, and we have a foodbank and a food hub. The latter is self serve albeit at a very small cost but not the former

[@ThePerimeters]

Dignity how beautiful.

[@fxsti]

When I watch this, I remember our neighbor, who would use the food bank while taking care of her 5-6 young children. Her husband would work at least 5 times a week and drive to the job site in one of their two brand new cars. Unfortunately the children were no longer able to get free pizza on school pizza days after a concerned citizen requested an investigation into this impoverished families situation. Today this poor family has moved into their new 2 million dollar home, leaving our neighborhood with at least a few questions that I don’t think CBC will be answering.

[@-moumou-]

Do you really believe it is CBCs job to investigate when someone takes advantage of the system? Or, do you think most people are not aware that there are people abusing the system? Sounds like this was remedied and the poor continued to receive what they needed. So, what exactly is your point?

[@-moumou-]

Additionally, why does this video remind you of that event. I mean, if you saw a video of that school would you only remember one family not getting pizza? Sounds like you have developed a BIAS.

[@raaaaaaarr]

I know a woman who goes to the foodbank to feed her four kids but for her and her husband they get takeout every day. She's like 350 pounds while the kids are literally starving. They buy new tv's and cars and she shops on amazon every single week for stuff they don't need, like a cotton candy machine

[@marje8249]

Kind people 💕

[@lovelydiamondqueen7004]

Very kind of them and they pick there own items.

[@label1877]

Food banks distribute food to 25-30% of people in need. The vast majority of food bank generosity is wasted on people who use food banks as a way to save money to buy drugs and or alcohol. I had to quit my church because they insisted everyone showing up for donations was deserving.

[@clarkalarcon4057]

Don't they throw the remaining food away anyways?

[@merlinkrisp3792]

Looks amazing well done ❤️🙏🏻

[@arunwaran]

We need to have a law that makes grocery stores donate food instead of throwing it out.

[@mahone-kt4dj]

Hell yah

[@GeniusKashmiri]

This is great! We should have a couple in every city.

[@warrior5203]

Marvelous! Praise God!

[@SuperPtd]

Love this! Much respect

[@CS-xp8qp]

I absolutely love this idea!!

[@melissaanderson821]

We need this in Winnipeg

[@mixplatechannel]

GOD bless all these people

[@louisepetrilli6130]

What a great idea, should be done more places

[@sunshinenOJ]

Aside: Do government's pay anything for any of food banks? (When they first started, the answer was no)

[@annetteslife]

Only if Lethbridge had a food bank like this. We have a big building where Save On once was that is just standing there that could be used as a store type of food bank

[@user9b2]

Bring this to the rest of the country. HURRY!! Literally, built it, volunteers WILL come.

[@monaramsey2752]

I wish that they had this in Columbus Ohio

[@brittanyw7546]

Great work guys❤

[@nirimalanaidoo4607]

Such dignity

[@arunwaran]

Good story. Good people.

[@kataisa3]

How do you prevent the food hoarders from taking more than their fair share?

[@a.k.m.shafiqulislam8083]

Thank you very much from Bangladesh has

[@ciannaguillen8541]

This is awesome 👏🏼 Bless you!!!🙏🏼

[@CDN1975]

This is brilliant. Love it.

[@CarmenBelcher]

Beautiful people! I want to volunteer

[@cherylsibson8457]

Great idea, churches could do this too.

[@cherylsibson8457]

@@galaxywanderer sorry my mistake, was attempting to encourage other churches to do the same.

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@galaxywanderer is there a junk food aisle?

[@derinaries]

This is done in Hamilton too.

[@mrs.bernard5415]

Genius!

[@SilverPreppingGrandma]

Awesome!

[@ll7868]

I've had to use a couple of food banks in Winnipeg a few times, one of them packs upwards of 50-60 people in a 15x20 foot room for up to an hour before allowing them to sit down in the receiving room and the other makes everyone stand outside for sometimes 2-3 hours even on the coldest winter days with nowhere to sit but the curb. Now I'm a volunteer at the Winnipeg Harvest warehouse and I see a lot of high quality, expensive items that I've hardly ever seen at the food banks, it's mostly cheap stuff you can get at Dollarama. Turns out the volunteers at the food banks get to pick out all the things they want before anyone comes in, which is always the best items. Snack items like chips, chocolate etc. and baked goods like donuts, cakes and pies are rarely ever given out at food banks but we get shitloads of it at the warehouse. We need something like this in Winnipeg, hell, everywhere.

[@hern9897]

This is exactly why I don't donate my money to charities. It's a well known fact that most donated items or money goes to the director or governing board. Sick bastards!!!

[@Shornandkenny]

You reply to your own comments?

[@chileanzombie42]

What a lovely idea.

[@mahoganysoul7195]

I LOVE THIS

[@JD-qn5le]

Dignity and healthy eating!

[@mykhailotudai1819]

Drop this video friends.

[@markbrown5117]

Wow great idea

[@kills26]

I heard that Toronto has a massive homeless population too. I was told this was due to the climate, in that you can actually live in Toronto all year round, unlike some other parts of Canada. I've never actually done the research to see if that statement is true, but it sounds legit to me. If anyone would care to comment if it's true or not, that would be intresting.

[@davidhughes6578]

Awesome

[@elizabethrobinson8615]

What Stigma? Why feel a lack of dignity just because you go to a food bank?

[@annetteslife]

Is this still open?

[@thevillageidiot1655]

✊

[@lynettealexander4318]

In Trinidad and Tobago we don't have nothing no foods banks

[@unidentified8049]

If I donate it what would I eat

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

OR You might think instead; Could I spare a bar of soap and a can of beans every week or two?

[@nirimalanaidoo4607]

Wow

[@catalinavargas3332]

I'm pretty sure the food that they go to this market of groceries is not free so either way it's still paid out of pocket we don't have one of those here but it is what it is y'all

[@HyperrealisticLuigi]

The church probably uses donations to cover the costs of the food, it's free for the people who need food

[@cdhewko]

"If you would eat it, please donate it" Sigh. You'd think that was simple logic. I like this idea of setting it up like a grocery store. It should be everywhere.

[@-moumou-]

Agreed. Follow-up question, why are they manufacturing food not fit to eat?

[@YoniNadi]

This Victorian food bank looks much more like a supermarket than a food bank, and looks more professional than the typical American food bank!

[@sonikhanchandani6725]

Can I know any food bank for my daughter near centennial College progress campus 🙏 please

[@-AnonymousUser]

I approve this

[@molotov66699]

💯

[@marselvitti]

Wait how do you get free food. I'm interested.

[@stargateproductions]

Food banks but you should only use them if you are need

[@marselvitti]

@@stargateproductions Yeah Im a college student and dont have much money. Do I just go to a local one and get free food?

[@stargateproductions]

@@marselvitti yeah basically

[@-moumou-]

Yes, I ran on hard times in college and it was there for the month I was down. Just go to one.

[@HyperrealisticLuigi]

@@marselvitti yes but be nice and don't take more than you need :)

[@SAFFRONSAVANTSTRATAGEM]

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@EricMeatlikeaking]

i'm skinny and poor so i went to the free grocery store

[@margarethaywood2897]

Hi Eric, I follow your channel. Great stuff. 😀

[@elizabethrobinson8615]

Child just hand me a box of food! Lol

[@zes3813]

wrg, infix dignx nmw

[@elenimichailidis2642]

I get expired food in food bank

[@hellobot67]

But its still good to eat though

[@ericbachmann8613]

Looks like a bunch of money was wasted on aesthetics that could have been better spent on more food, or programs to educate the homeless...

[@-moumou-]

Glad you care for the homeless so much! Have you asked one what value this may or may not have added? Do that, then join a shelter and then do what you think is best. Your energy would be welcomed.

[@ericbachmann8613]

@@-moumou- beggers cant be choosers; its really quite simple. people need warm socks and extra blankets, not consumerism ideologies.

[@ericbachmann8613]

But you are right. I should join a shelter, or a soup kitchen.. Id be more interested in volenteering with safewalk programs because of the crystal meth epidemic.

[@-moumou-]

Eric Bachmann agreed with you on that. I would love to see people in need come to a farm, get fresh food, take a look around the pantry and then come out and work it when they are able. I'm not a fan of grocery market behaviors, products or consumerist ideologies. However, from the perspective that the whole society goes to them this goes a long way to not making people feel othered for their poverty. That being said, and I think this is where we might agree, if this is the model then are we not all poor? My point was around how people might feel about these aesthetics in the context of the dominant frame.

[@ericbachmann8613]

@@-moumou- i dont really understand what you mean by dominant frame. I appreciate your convo on this tho

[@Imakulak]

There is no dignity in not being able to support themselves. We need to go back to the days of people feeling ashamed for not being able to support themselves or their family.

[@private2809]

Oof, someone was born with a silver spoon. Do you know what minimum wage is right now? Even as a "productive member of society" you may not be able to afford food for your family. Welcome to Canada's economy.

[@-moumou-]

Justin Meers Those days never existed... and the only way you feel comfortable spewing this garbage is behind the safety of a screen. Coward.

[@Imakulak]

@@-moumou- yes they did. What would you do tough guy?

[@-moumou-]

Justin Meers Ah yes, Justin. Those good ol days. Which ones were those, Justin? Enlighten us. I don't know what I'd do honestly. Never met anyone like you in person. I'd probably just ask you a series of open ended questions to try understand what causes a person to become like you. Why don't you tell us?

[@user-eb4fq9jm5v]

In sorry, but for a food bank, run by a church, you think they would be try to exude being humble instead of being prideful and dignified. There are lessons to be learnt, unfortunately this is one of pride and greed.

[@hellobot67]

What? My church isn't like that

[@ZedAmadeus]

they're doing a good thing? they're not being boastful they're just talking about the good it's done in the community, which--isn't like to brag, it might inspire other food banks to do similar things, or educate... that kinda deal

[@ronaldonogueras6811]

Any unlawful try to rob food in food bank .joke

[@kerryfolden]

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