A non-profit organization in Brampton, Canada is collecting non-perishable donations for food banks in honor of Sikh Heritage Month. Their goal is to collect 200,000 meals worth of food by the end of the month.
In honour of Sikh Heritage Month in Canada, a Brampton -based non-profit is soliciting non-perishable donations for food banks , with the goal of collecting 200,000 meals worth of food before the end of the month.This is Khalsa Aid’s second year collecting food for other charities during the Sikh Heritage Month .
Last year, the international charity's Canadian branch — which helps struggling students access food, clothes and shelter in 14 cities — collected enough food to provide food banks across the GTA with 20,000 meals. The meals will be distributed to shelters and over 14 food charities across the GTA, where food bank usage has climbed steadily since the pandemic — with roughly one in 10 Torontonians now relying on food banks to feed themselves.
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