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CTV News
21-06-2025
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Windsor food program addresses growing need among local children
Local children facing hunger will have access to food with the launch of Summer Eats for Kids program in Windsor-Essex. The program, launched by United Way, begins on July 8 to ensure children have access to healthy food and books while out of school. More than 4,000 food bags were provided to over 1,200 families last year through the program. Each food bag provides a week's worth of snacks, fresh produce and books. The need for food is growing in the community, as children represent 30 per cent of food bank visitors. Lorraine Goddard, CEO, United Way Windsor Essex Chatham Kent, said the program helps kids have the summer they deserve. 'When school ends, many children lose access to daily meals and learning opportunities,' said Goddard. 'We see it first-hand; families are doing their best, but the gap is real.' The program is made possible through local businesses, volunteers and donors. The books, provided by Women United members, encourage summer reading. United Way is asking the community to help meet rising needs. One way to help is through a raffle United Way is hosting until July 1, with all proceeds supporting Summer Eats.
CTV News
28-05-2025
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Period Promise event tackles period poverty on Menstrual Hygiene Day
Members of Chatham-Kent Secondary School's student council at their own menstrual product drive. (Source: The United Way Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent) The United Way Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent is holding a drive-through donation event, collecting menstrual products to combat period poverty. The products collected will support people with periods in the Chatham-Kent region. 'Period Promise is about dignity, equity, and ensuring everyone in our community has access to the basic products they need,' said Lorraine Goddard, CEO of the United Way Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent. 'Menstrual hygiene products are essential, not optional. This event gives our community a meaningful way to help remove the barriers too many people still face.' If you would like to drop off products, the drive-through will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., accepting pads, tampons, pantyliners, menstrual cups, and other brand new, unopened products. They can be delivered to Our Savior's Lutheran Church at 445 McNaughton Avenue West, Chatham. If you are unable to make it in person, you are asked to help spread the word, organize a mini drive, or consider making a donation online here. Collection was kicked off by the Chatham-Kent Secondary School student council, who organized their own school-wide drive to support Period Promise.
