🚴🥣 Sponsor Hope. Make an Impact! 🥣🚴 Stratford House of Blessing is seeking sponsors for Ride For Refuge (Oct 4) & Empty Bowls (Oct 24)—fundraising to fight food insecurity. Why sponsor? ✅ Make a difference ✅ Gain visibility ✅ Engage employees Contact [email protected]

Love Lord of the Rings? 🎥⚔️ See The Two Towers on the big screen Sat, Apr 12 @ 2 PM—with proceeds supporting Stratford House of Blessing! 🎟 $15 advance | $20 door 📞 Call/text: 519-272-5976 📩 [email protected] Stop by our food drive (10 AM–3 PM) before the show! 🍿

Hey Stratford! Join us for our Spring Food Drive this Saturday, April 12, from 10 AM to 3 PM! Find us at Food Basics, No Frills, Walmart, and Zehrs – and help stock our Food Bank shelves by donating non-perishable food items! Together, we can make a difference. See you there!

🎨 Artists & Creatives! 🖌️ Empty Bowls is back, and we need YOU to help paint bowls for our Oct 24 event—featuring music, food & auctions to support local families. 🖼️ Painting Mon–Thurs, 10–12 & 1–3 📧 [email protected] to book! Limited evening/weekend spots coming soon!

Just a quick heads-up that Stratford House of Blessing will be closed on Good Friday (April 18) and Easter Monday (April 21). We hope you will enjoy some rest, time with loved ones, and a chance to reflect and celebrate this Easter season.

🚨 Our Spring Food Drive is TOMORROW (10 AM–3 PM)! 📍 Find us at Food Basics, No Frills, Walmart & Zehrs. 🛒 We're especially in need of: 🥫 Side dishes, PB, school snacks, pasta sauce, canned meat/veg, rice, cookies & crackers. 🧼 Hygiene items welcome too! See you there!

Hunt for Eggs and Help your Community! Join 107.7 2day FM Stratford's Best Music!, 107.1 CJCS , and Rhéo Thompson Candies for their annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 19 at 10 AM in Upper Queens Park, Stratford. Kids 12 and under can join the fun—and don’t forget your Food Bank donations! See you there!

Thank you, Stratford! Saturday’s Spring Food Drive helped us collect an incredible 5,521 lbs of food! Breakdown: 📍Walmart – 1,062 lbs 📍No Frills – 1,124 lbs 📍Zehrs – 1,659 lbs 📍Food Basics – 1,676 lbs Your generosity helps fight food insecurity in our community!

It’s National Volunteer Week! At Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank, we’re celebrating the amazing volunteer teams who make our work possible. First up: our Food Bank Volunteers—the frontline faces bringing dignity, support, and hope to every client. Thank you! 💙 #NVW2025

Today we’re celebrating our amazing Delivery Team! From packing food to delivering it to those facing mobility or transportation challenges, they’re a lifeline for those who can’t make it to the food bank. Thank you for going the extra mile! #NationalVolunteerWeek #NVW2025

Big shout-out to our incredible food storage & handling team! These behind-the-scenes heroes sort donations, clean & organize our warehouse, and prep things like kids’ snack packs—keeping everything running smoothly. Thank you for all you do! #NationalVolunteerWeek #NVW2025

Today we’re shining a spotlight on the amazing volunteers who support our special events and programs! From food drives to fundraisers, backpack prep to bowl painting—they make it all happen! Thank you for your time, energy, and heart! #NationalVolunteerWeek #NVW2025

Huge thanks to our amazing Board of Directors! These volunteer leaders help guide governance, policy, finances & long-term planning—ensuring we stay strong, accountable & mission-focused. We’re so grateful for their time, wisdom, and commitment! #NationalVolunteerWeek #NVW2025

As #NationalVolunteerWeek wraps up, we send one more huge THANK YOU to the amazing volunteers who support Stratford House of Blessing! Thanks also to Kandy Cakes at Black Angus Bakery for donating delicious “Volunteers Make Waves” cookies! 🍪🌊 #NVW2025

Long weekend alert! We will be closed Monday, May 19 for Victoria Day. We hope you'll be able to take time to soak up some sunshine and celebrate!

We're so grateful to be recipients of a 2025 Capacity Boost Grant from Food Banks/Banques alimentaires Canada (inactive)! With this generous support, we were able to purchase a powered pump truck, enhancing food handling and improving safety and accessibility in our warehouse. Thank you, Food Banks Canada!

Jamie: Nice chatting with Lauren Hansen co-chair from HOG JOG and Aaron Balzer from Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank Put June 18th in your calendar for the 2025 Hog Jog. Lauren tells us about all the fun and the different runs. SHOB Food Bank is the charity: drive.google.com/file/d/1ildRH8…

Help Fill Our Shelves This Saturday! Join us 8:30am–12pm at Avondale United Church for a community food drive supporting Avondale's Food Shelf & Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank. Donate food or cash (tax receipts available). Hot dogs & pop by donation!

Huge thanks to Tim, Christine, Lindsey, Mike & the Stratford community for organizing & attending Lord of the Rings screenings at Stratford Cinemas! 🧙‍♂️🎬 Your $955 donation means so much. The trilogy is a staff favourite—now you’re part of our fellowship of support!

🎉 Student Spotlight: Caroline saw a need and took action—organizing a food drive at Hamlet PS that brought in 111 lbs of food for our Food Bank! Young leaders like Caroline show how one person can make a real impact. Way to go Caroline—you’re amazing!