About Purolator Tackle Hunger®
As part of Purolator’s commitment to helping alleviate hunger in the communities where it operates, the organization works closely with its employees, partners, customers, Canadian food banks and charitable organizations to collect food and monetary donations. Together, we also help raise awareness about the issue of food insecurity. Since the inception of Purolator’s employee-led grassroots program over 20 years ago, Purolator Tackle Hunger® has helped deliver more than 25 million pounds of food to Canadian food banks. For more information, visit purolatortacklehunger.com.
In 2019, Purolator Tackle Hunger Week became Purolator Tackle Hunger Month. Throughout the month of June, Purolator employees work with their partners and customers to raise awareness and donations to help alleviate food insecurity across the country.
Since 2018, Purolator has been bringing the food drive directly to our communities’ doorstep through the Red Bag Food Drive Campaigns – the volunteer team has distributed tens of thousands of reusable red canvas bags to the front steps of Canadians, and days later our volunteers return to pick up the bags full of donated food items to support the community’s local food bank.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Since the inception of the program, we’ve delivered more than 25 million pounds of food
- From Food Banks Canada’s Hunger Count report
- 1 in 3 food bank clients are children
- 45% of food bank visits are by single-person households
- In March 2024, there were over 2 million visits to food banks in Canada — the highest number in history
- Food bank visits have increased by over 90 percent since 2019
- A volatile combination of rising food prices, housing costs, and low incomes has created a “perfect storm” that is driving up the number of visits to food banks
- 1 in 8 Canadian households are food insecure
- For every $1 we raise is roughly equivalent to $2 in terms of their buying power
- The Surrey Food Bank serves over 14,000 people a month in Surrey & North Delta
- The Greater Vancouver Foodbank serves over 15,000 people every month
WE INVITE YOU TO HELP BY:
- For over 20 years, Purolator has proudly partnered with the CFL and communities across Canada to tackle food insecurity through its Purolator Tackle Hunger® program. This long-standing initiative, driven by the passion of employees and partners, has helped deliver more than 25 million pounds of food to Canadian food banks. By working together, we continue to raise awareness and provide essential support to those in need.
- This season, fans are encouraged to make a monetary donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank and Surrey Food Bank. Every donation directly supports members of your local community struggling with food insecurity. The link to donate to food banks in your communities can be found below.
- Let’s keep the momentum going. The need now is greater than ever!
- Visit HERE to donate now.
- No donation is too small.
HELP TODAY
We encourage you to donate food when possible, but cash donations provide double buying power.
