Sherbourne Health’s Recipe for Change
At Sherbourne Health, we believe that everyone deserves access to supports that address physical and mental health, and which also impact social determinants of health.
Food security is one of those determinants.
Our recipe for change recognizes that in order to assist people facing food insecurity, poverty, and social isolation, we need to expand our approach to include skills development along with nutritional education.
Our new lobby café is a part of the Sherbourne Health Food For Good initiative that will offer healthier options and offer training and employment opportunities for our service users and community members. All of these enhancements are supplemented by creating an accessible space for gathering, and using a social enterprise contractor to further expand training opportunities to those who need it.
The Sherbourne Health Food For Good Café Capital Campaign is raising funds for a new initiative with a big vision.
To expand our approach to food insecurity, Sherbourne Health is raising funds to transform our lobby café into a new, accessible model. Through the Food for Good Café, we aim to bring quality food to our neighbourhood, create opportunities for training and employment and build strong, resilient communities.
Thanks to generous supporters like you, we will build a new path forward to help address food insecurity in our community.
The new Food for Good Café is the next step in Sherbourne Health’s vision of Healthy People. Healthy Communities.
We will use funds raised in order to achieve our goal of an accessible space that will provide healthy food as well as training and employment opportunities for our community members.
Use the donation form below to give today, or contact Joe Goulart, Manager, Fund Development at jgoulart@sherbourne.on.ca to support this project.
We have reached 100% of our fundraising goal!
But more support is always welcome.
When you give to our Café campaign, you are supporting an organization with deep roots in the community, focused on serving people who experience food insecurity in greater numbers than the Toronto average.
Donor Levels
Platter – $60,000+
Dinner Plate – $25,000 to $59,999
Salad Plate – $15,000 to $24,999
Dessert Plate – $5,000 to $14,999
Bread Plate – $1,500 to $4,999
Saucer – up to $1,499
Donor Benefits
- Recognition displayed at the Food for Good Café located in the lobby of Sherbourne Health (donations of $5,000 and above).
- Verbal recognition in speeches made during the ribbon cutting ceremony opening the Food for Good Café (donations of $5,000 and above).
- Logo or text recognition on lobby and waiting room tv screens which feature rotating information on Sherbourne’s programs and services (donations of $5,000 and above).
- Recognition in a minimum of two social media posts during the construction and opening of the Food for Good Café (donations of $5,000 and above).
- Donation mentioned in Mosaic News, Sherbourne’s e-newsletter (over 1,600 subscribers) in relation to the Food for Good Café renovation and opening (donations of $5,000 and above).
- Logo or text recognition on both donor page and Food for Good program page of Sherbourne’s website (donations of $1,500 and above).
- Text recognition on donor page of Sherbourne’s Annual Report (donations of $1,500 and above).
- Tax receipt for maximum amount allowed by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Learn more about the Food for Good Café
The Food for Good Café is more than a place to eat. It’s a key part of our response to local food insecurity. Support of the café will go directly towards creating a place where those looking to grow their skills can pursue job and training opportunities, as well as a place that’s accessible for community gatherings.
Through Sherbourne Health’s Food for Good initiative, people who attend our in-person programs have access to food supports. These supports can be culturally affirming, community-building, and bring people together.
We are so pleased to be working with Construct on the transformation of our Café. Construct is an employment social enterprise that provides in-class training, on-the-job work experience, and wraparound supports to help vulnerable individuals secure long-term, well-paying careers in the construction trades.
Thanks to
- Deloitte Digital Creative Studio for providing pro bono services towards the design and production of the Food for Good visual identity and poster campaign as well as the Food Insecurity campaign.
- The Printing House for pro bono print support
- Chad Brincheski and Event Services Partners for event support