Manitoba consistently has the highest rate of child Food Bank use in Canada. Winnipeg Harvest currently helps to feed more than 60 000 people each month. Just over 9% of Harvest clients rely on income from a pension. Nearly 27 000 of Harvest's monthly clients are children. More than 50% of Harvest volunteers are, or have been, food bank users.
1/3 families experiencing hunger are dual wage- earner families, ie: the working poor. Winnipeg Harvest picks up from most chain grocery store outlets on most days – over 1,200 pick-ups a month.
Winnipeg Harvest makes almost 500 deliveries a month.
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