About Us
Who We Are
We are a community food bank.
Our goal is to assist in providing individuals/families with 7 days’ worth of groceries once a month. We strive to provide healthy food choices such as vegetables, fruit, locally grown meat, dairy products, and pantry staples to assist those in need.
The Food Share is funded by generous donations from businesses and individuals, the outreach of Feed Ontario programs, and the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre.
The operations of the food bank is based solely on volunteer efforts to offer a warm, and welcoming atmosphere for all that enter our facility.
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the North Huron Community Food Share provides the vision, governance and leadership that guide the organization in its mission to ensure equitable access to food and essential resources. Comprised of dedicated community members with diverse expertise, the Board oversees policy development, strategic planning and operational accountability, ensuring that the Food Share remains responsive to local needs while upholding principles of dignity, inclusion and sustainability. Through collaboration and stewardship, the Board works to strengthen system capacity, foster community partnerships, and secure the long-term resilience of the Food Share.
Kathy Adams – Chair
Kevin Scott – Vice-Chair
JoAnn Robinson – Secretary
Curtis Weber – Treasurer
Peter Nonkes
Dale Taylor
Kathy Herd
Jarod Logan
Pauline Atton
Financial Statements are available upon request.
Contact the Food Share at:
Catchment Area
Our History
Founded in 1995
The North Huron Community Food Share was formed in 1995. The Reverend Vicars Hodge of the Trinity Anglican Church in Wingham was instrumental in establishing the Food Share. An advertisement was placed in the Wingham Advance Times to attract directors and volunteers. In April 1996, Dave Miller, owner of Home Video constructed a room for the Food Share in a building adjacent to his business. Vicars Hodge, Don Newman, Jim Casserly, Rev. Maggie, Len Meyers and Pat Nolen were Operations Managers. Bob Raper was part of the Food Drive Committee. Sally Campeau was treasurer for nine years.
There have been many wonderful and supportive volunteers over the years who have dedicated their time and energy to the Food Share.
The building was purchased in 2008
In 2008 the building was purchased by Gary Gehiere and Doug Kuyvenhoven. The new owners renovated the building into a self storage facility that included a youth centre and a volunteer vehicle repair shop. They also constructed new space at the rear of the building for the Food Share so that the food share’s customers could experience better privacy.
In 2015 the Food Share expanded their space to add a large walk in freezer, and more shopping space on the floor for products. The addition of a walk in freezer made it possible to accept larger meat orders, and frozen good offers from Feed Ontario.
By 2019, it became apparent that the food share was running out of space to store dry goods for stocking our shopping shelves. Again, we expanded our space to keep up with the stock needed to serve larger numbers of people each week.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Hit
By 2019, it became apparent that the food share was running out of space to store dry goods for stocking our shopping shelves. Again, we expanded our space to keep up with the stock needed to serve larger numbers of people each week.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 the Food Share had to quickly change their practices to provide social distancing for the volunteers working, change the system of service to reduce contacts, add deliveries to their opening days, and manage the increase in numbers that occurred.
By October 2020, the food share operations team realized that they were at an impass with trying to follow pandemic protocols, store the food needed to serve , and provide space to organize large numbers of deliveries. At this time they thought they would have to find and move to a new location.
Wingham Super Storage offered a great solution to our problem, and adapted their storage business to provide us an additional 300 square feet. In January 2021 the food share moved into their added workroom/storage space, and secured a grant to add a large wall fridge unit on the shopping floor to accommodate the cold space we need to store dairy, eggs and fresh produce.
With the increase in pallet deliveries to the food share, Wingham Super Storage assisted the food share with the installation of a larger door to bring pallets to our storage room. The fantastic relationship between Wingham Super Storage and the Food Share has allowed us to provide a safe, well organized system to serve our community. Together We Are Better!
The operational procedures that we follow today at the Food Share were established from the original meetings we had back then when considering how best to serve the community. Churches, schools and businesses have been instrumental in providing much needed ongoing financial support as well as many food donations over the years.
Volunteer
Volunteer With Us
At the North Huron Community Food Share, volunteers are the heart of everything we do. We welcome individuals, students, families and groups who want to make a difference in their community, gain new skills and build meaningful experience.
Our food share operates entirely through volunteer efforts, creating the warm and welcoming atmosphere that greets everyone who enters our facility.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, email office@nhfoodshare.ca or call 519‑357‑2277 ext. 4.
High School Volunteers
If you are a high school student wanting to volunteer please download & complete the form below. Please send the completed form to Kathy Adams at kajam@eastlink.ca
We'll respond to you as soon as possible.