RFDA Mission is "let no one go hungry in our midst".  The organization hopes to fulfill this mission by better securing and distributing emergency food to meet the needs in Northwestern Ontario. The RDFA was formed in June 2003 to develop and implement a coordinated strategy for the delivery of donated food to community organizations who provide for those with food shortage. Its current membership includes food distributing agencies from the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario  and Region.  We provide food to food banks.   We are thankful for volunteers from the community who do the majority of the work.

 

The RDFA has received shipments of food from the National Food Share System through Food Banks Canada and its membership in the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB).  We are the designated “hub” for food distribution in Northwestern Ontario.  In the past yearwe have been able to provide $799,655 worth of food to our member organizations.  We also rely on food and cash/cheque donations from the public to feed our hungry neighbours.   We are a "food bank for food banks" providing food to 28 food banks or meal programs in Northwestern Ontario, (Schreiber, Nipigon, Geraldton, Dryden, Ignace and Marathon, Kakabeka with the others being in Thunder Bay).