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The items collected in your neighbourhood will be distributed to organizations in your community and throughout the city to help fight hunger.

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Donation registration is closed - but this doesn't mean that you can't still donate!

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We encourage you to take your donations to one of the Toronto Miracle drop off locations listed below. Locations will be open from 10:00am - 4:00pm on Dec 4th only. 

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Daily Bread Food Bank Warehouse: 191 New Toronto St., Etobicoke M8V 2E7F

North York Harvest Warehouse: 116 Industry St.Toronto M6M 4L8

Salvation Army Warehouse: 150 Railside Rd, Toronto M3A 1A3

Scarborough Food Security Initiative Warehouse: 3595 St Clair Ave East, Warehouse Door # 22 Scarborough M1K 1L8

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You can also drop off your donation at a fire station or participating grocery store near you. Please send us an email with the number of items you dropped off so we can include it in the count towards our goal.

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Click here for a map of fire station locations across the city

Click here to view a map of participating grocery store locations

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Wondering what type of non-perishable items to donate? 

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Here is a list of recommended items:

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• Grains (rice, buckwheat, oats, millet, barley, quinoa, couscous, bulgur, etc.)
• Pasta
• Pasta sauces
• Vegetable oils 
• Spices (e.g. salt, pepper, oregano, basil, chilli powder) 
• Breakfast cereals, muesli, etc.
• Flour
• Nuts and seeds
• Dried fruits
• Nut butter
• Coffee
• Sugar
• Legumes (beans, chickpeas, lentils, etc.)
• Non-perishable milk products (Grand Pré milk, soy milk, almond milk)
• Canned soup (preferably low sodium)
• Canned produce (e.g.beets, corn, mushrooms)
• Canned fish
• Infant formulas and baby products (baby food jars, powdered milk, diapers, hygiene products)
• Healthy snacks
• Hygiene products (sanitary napkins, toilet paper, toothpaste)
  
  

Donating Food with Expired Best Before Dates

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Second Harvest has created a great guide which dictates when food past its best before date should be donated by. If you are donating food that has an expired best before date, we request that you follow these guidelines.

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How Else Can I Help?

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There are many ways to fight food insecurity in Toronto:

1. Volunteer for Toronto Miracle
2. Make a financial donation to one of our partner organizations to support their operations

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