‘We need to rely on our community members to step up,’ as Niagara nutrition programs struggle to feed students
“Every student, regardless of where they learn, deserves the same opportunity to access nutritious food.”
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“Every student, regardless of where they learn, deserves the same opportunity to access nutritious food.”
Sites at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre last year yielded onions, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and beets and peaches, plums, nectarines and apples.
Many people use the word “homeless” to describe those living on the streets, however, this word is “not only limiting but also invokes stereotypes,” said Fieguth.
Queenston Street is considered a food desert, an area of a city that lacks access to plentiful, nutritious and affordable food at grocery stores, limiting people with accessibility issues or on fixed incomes.
Bike Me Up Niagara, under the umbrella of Start Me Up Niagara (SMUN), next month is launching a pilot project to serve the wider community with maintenance, repairs and upgrades on the average bicycle not serviced by higher-end bicycle shops.
Source: Posted in the St. Catharines Standard on Jan. 3rd 2025 by Matt Barker. Start Me Up Niagara will host the fundraising walk in downtown St. Catharines in late February.
Source: Posted in the St. Catharines Standard on Jan. 2nd 2025 by Allan Benner. While data is still being analyzed to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness in Niagara, a preliminary report shows more people here are remaining homeless longer.
Source: Posted in the St. Catharines Standard on Nov. 23rd 2024 by Allan Benner. REACH Niagara and Start Me Up Niagara received $3.5 million in federal funding to assist people reintegrate into the community after being released from prison.
Source: Posted in Niagara This Week St. Catharines on Oct. 25th 2024 by Kevin Werner. Laura Hiscoe has received a new bike after an outpouring of support from the community that had learned her old tricycle had been stolen.