Poverty Awareness Week
Saturday Oct. 15th – Poverty Awareness Week Kick-off: Chili lunch, kid’s activities and entertainment
St. George’s Hall – 222 Ave. M South
Sunday Oct. 16th – Speaking in Faith Communities
Grosvenor Park United Church – 407 Cumberland Ave. South
Monday Oct. 17th – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Wednesday Oct.19 – Poverty Awareness Week / SAPC Community Supper
Saskatoon Friendship Inn – 619 20th St. West
Thursday Oct. 20 – Empowering Voices: An artistic gathering in the core
St.Mary’s Parish Hall – 211 Ave. o South
Friday Oct. 21 – Hands Across the Bridge: A silent march to acknowledge that poverty spans the whole city … join us to link hands in a show of solidarity
Broadway Bridge
Welcome to Hike Saskatoon’s Food Desert
This event has been planned to bring attention to the difficulties people living in the core of Saskatoon face accessing healthy food without a full service grocery store in the area. Here is the information you need to walk, run or wheel the Hike.
Date: Oct 15, 2011
Start Time: 10:00 arrival and 10:30 Hike begins
… Starting Point: St Georges Parish 20th Street and Ave M
Entry Fee: Groceries for core neighbourhood food programs
Length: 5 kms
You will be asked to bring and to carry groceries through Saskatoon’s Food Desert. This will help you understand what many core neighbourhood residents experience in their search for healthy affordable food in the core area of Saskatoon. At the end of the hike you will be able to place your groceries in the CHEP van for distribution to school meal programs.
The Poverty Awareness Week (Oct 15 -22) kick off and chilli lunch will take place in St. George’s Hall following the hike. We hope you will be able to stay!.
Hike the Food Desert on Facebook
As the food challenge participants are blogging we are learning that
There is more to poverty than meets the eye
To support the conversation about poverty, the Rosthern Corn Maze, operated by the Rosthern Youth Farm Bible Camp has posted questions about poverty in Saskatchewan throughout the maze. If you answer the question correctly you will be pointed in the right direction to the next question on the correct path out of the maze. To find out more about the maze go to www.youthfarmcornmaze.com
Stories of Living the Food Basket Challenge:
Come learn from their experiences!
When: Thursday, September 15, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Where: Salvation Army Center Church
339 Avenue C South
Who: All those interested in changing food security, housing accessibility, reducing poverty.
What: Stories of people from Saskatoon who have lived the Food Basket Challenge; Q and A with discussion
Supported by:
- The Lighthouse
- The Salvation Army
- Food Bank and Learning Center
- Passion for Action Against Homelessness
“What Came First – Poverty or Crime?”
Friday Sept 16th, 1:00 PM
Kinsmen Activity Place – KAP House
226 Avenue V South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Phone – 956-6147
Fax – 249-1284
What came first…Poverty or Crime?” Kinsmen Activity Place – Walking the Journey Woman’s Program and STR8UP will be hosting an afternoon STR8UP presentation where former gang members (male and female) will share their stories and struggles of trying to exit gang life and corrections. Members will discuss how closely related crime and poverty are and the struggles they face both inside and out of gangs and jail. After the presentation refreshments will be served along with a brief discussion on how poverty impacts crime levels in Saskatoon.
Community Forum
7 days. 12 participants.
A shared experience.
Participants speak about what it was like to get by on a food basket for up to one week.
September 20th, 2011 7PM
Saskatoon Indian & Métis Friendship Centre
168 Wall Street
Saskatoon, Sk.
September 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm
I thought this was a great idea. If you did this again, how does one get in to participate? I work at Pleasant Hill Community School. I visit the Food Bank regularily to get supplies for the school. What a great way to experience what my families go through everyday. This would give me such a great understanding as well as greater empathy for my relationship building. Way to go to you participants!!!
September 16, 2011 at 9:03 am
I am also wondering if this challenge will be offered again in the near future. I am active in the scouting community and it would be a great challenge for our scout group and their families.
September 16, 2011 at 11:21 am
I think it is great that other people would like to “experience” this challenge to get a better understanding. I’m assuming that the food bank has limited resources – think they had to get support to put this challenge on so that food would go where needed.
Possibly, create your own challenge – get a list from the food bank of what a typical “basket” is – sign people up to do it – possibly even have people “donate” to participate (funds to go to getting the food & possibly extra funds could go to the food bank)