Rescued food will be coming to the rescue at a service in Hawkesbury that provides weekly meals to homeless and low-income people.
Centre 440, which operates each Saturday in the hall at Holy Trinity Anglican Church has joined the Second Harvest food rescue program.
Second Harvest works with businesses from across the supply chain and redirects their unsold, surplus food to not-for-profit organizations that feed people in communities across Canada.
According to Second Harvest, 46.5 per cent of all food in Canada is wasted. Last year, Second Harvest rescued 95.3 million pounds of food from more than 10,000 donors across Canada. The total value of the food redistributed was $400 million and provided an average of 268 meals daily.
Centre 440 began its service in November 2025. In a social media post on Sunday, January 11, it announced that the affiliation with Second Harvest is a massive milestone for its team and community. The affiliation ensures that there is a guaranteed weekly food supply for Centre 440’s meals. Receiving food from Second Harvest also has environmental advantages.
“We’re keeping good food out of landfills and getting it onto plates where it belongs,” said the Centre 440 post.
Centre 440 thanks the Vankleek Hill Foodland for its support through Second Harvest.
The Second Harvest website also lists other suppliers of food in Vankleek Hill and Hawkesbury. They are Kyan Culture, FreshCo, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. The Vankleek Hill Food Bank is also listed as an affiliate of Second Harvest.
