Winnipeg Harvest Facts
More than 50 % of Harvest volunteers are, or have been, food bank users.
Manitoba consistently has the highest rate of child food bank use in Canada.
Winnipeg Harvest feeds nearly 27,000 children each month. Thirteen years ago, that number stood at 5,500 children.
Winnipeg Harvest currently helps to feed more than 60,000 each month.
Just over 9 % of Harvest clients rely on income over pension.
Nearly 27,000 of Harvest’s monthly clients are children.
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