#HungerCount2024 is here. Le #BilanFaim2024 est arrivé.Food Banks Canada’s mission is to provide national leadership to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.

Core values

- **Food Distribution and Access**: Food Banks Canada distributed over 7 million pounds of food in response to wildfires, and through its programs, it made available approximately 28 million pounds of food and facilitated food support valued at over $124 million[1].
- **Child Hunger**: The organization delivered 185,000 healthy food packs to children in over 200 communities, addressing child hunger, especially during summer months when school meal programs are unavailable[1].
- **Menstrual Equity**: It delivered over 72.7 million menstrual products to address period poverty, benefiting over 3.5 million low-income individuals[1].
- **Food Recovery**: The Food Recovery program averted 79 million pounds of greenhouse gases by rescuing 20 million pounds of food that would otherwise go to waste[1].
- **Community Support**: The organization supports over 5,100 hunger relief organizations and has been instrumental in providing immediate support during economic hardships, with over 2 million visits to food banks in a single month in 2024[2][4].