Saskatchewan Food Security Initiatives Inventory as compiled by health regions (31/08/07)

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Page 13 1 Cypress Trail Regional Health Authority Cathy Knox Box 600 Ponteix, SK S0N 1Z0 Phone: 625-5104 (fax – 3764) Switchboard: 625-3382 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief

• Food Banks

¾ Maple Creek

¾ Swift Current

• School Breakfast Programs

¾ Fairview Skill building ¾ Irwin • Community Kitchen – Swift Current ¾ SC Comp. High ¾ Maverick • Kids in Kitchen – Swift Current ¾ Shaunavon Public • Baby Food Making Workshop – Swift ¾ Central (Swift Current) Current, Ponteix Emergency Lunch Program ¾ Waldeck Community building ¾ • Families & School Together (FAST) – • School Lunch Program Swift Current ¾ Swift Current • Breastfeeding Support (BFI) – region ƒ 4 elementary wide ƒ 1 pre-k • Regional Food Security Committee ƒ 3 middle school years Good Food Box pilot project in Maple ƒ 2 high school years Creek. ¾ Maple Creek School Nutrition Program ƒ College • Eastend ƒ School • St. Patrick’s (Swift Current) ¾ Frontier School • ¾ Shaunavon Public School ¾ Climax System change • CMHA Breakfast and Lunch Program • Food Charter in progress ¾ Swift Current • School Food Policy in progress • Hot Lunch Program • Breastfeeding Friendly Initiative (BFI) ¾ Maple Creek in progress ¾ Swift Current • Emergency Food Relief ¾ Churches • Special Occasion Food Hampers (Christmas/Easter, etc) ¾ Churches ¾ Shaunavon Knights of Columbus

2 Five Hills Health Region Melanie Warken 107 – 110 Omnica Street West Moose Jaw, SK S6H 6V2 Phone: 691-1536 (fax – 1523) Switchboard: 691-1500 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief Skill building • Meals provided by churches • Nutrition Workshops for Schools/Teachers • After School Program ¾ Hunger in Moose Jaw, offers snacks • Nutrition Workshops for Community Schools • School Lunch Program ¾ Hunger in Moose Jaw • Community Gardens Workshops • School Breakfast, Lunch, and/or Snack • Food Preparation Tips through Good Programs Food Box Newsletter • School Christmas Hampers • Community Kitchens – through Hunger in Moose Jaw and other partners • Salvation Army Christmas Hampers • Kids in the Kitchen program • Kids First ¾ Community Schools ¾ Vitamin supplements for prenatal ¾ Weekly supply of dairy products • Breastfeeding Classes and Support ¾ Good Food Boxes Group ¾ Moose Jaw Public Health • Moose Jaw District Food Bank ¾ Serves clients 7 times per year • Patient Education Centre, Moose Jaw Union Hospital • Salvation Army Food Bank ¾ Group and individual diet ¾ Assiniboia, serves clients on a monthly basis counselling

• Head Start Preschool Community building ¾ Snack Program • Farmer’s Market System change • South Central Food Network • Farmer’s Market • Saskferco Community Gardens ¾ Moose Jaw • PHNSWG (provincial) ¾ Nutrition Guidelines for Schools • Good Food Box program through ¾ Food Costing Project Hunger in Moose Jaw ¾ Serves clients 2 times per month • Policy development for healthy food choices in schools initiated ¾ Open to all income levels to avoid stigma • Development of a Regional Food Charter initiated • Strategizing around the development of a Health Region Nutrition Policy • Regional Breastfeeding Policy (in draft)

3 Heartland Health Region Monique Harmon Box 1300 Rosetown, SK S0l 2V0 Phone: 882-5239 (fax – 6474) Switchboard: 882-6413 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief

• Rosetown Food Bank

• Outlook Food Bank

• Kindersley Food Hampers

• Rosetown Christmas Hamper Program • Davidson Church food closet Community building • Kerrobert Food Bank • Grocery stores sell local produce • Cando Community School ¾ Rosetown • Kerrobert Christmas Hampers • Rosetown Farmer’s Market • Biggar Food Bank • Kindersley Food Security Working • Outlook School Feeding Program Group • Kindersley School Feeding Program • Eston Farmer’s Market • Wilkie Food Bank • Rosetown Food Security Working Group • Unity Food Bank • Kindersley Family & Schools Together • Unity Secret Santa Program Program • Kindersley Farmer’s Market Skill building • Biggar Farmer’s Market • Biggar Collective Kitchen • Kindersley Community Garden System change • Rosetown Kids in the Kitchen • Health Region Food & Nutrition Policy • Elrose Kids in the Kitchen • Baby Friendly Initiative Committee • Kindersley Kids in the Kitchen • National Community Food Security • Coleville Kids in the Kitchen paper review for local use • Outlook Kids in the Kitchen • Perdue Kids in the Kitchen • Kerrobert Kids in the Kitchen • Unity Kids in the Kitchen • Biggar Kids in the Kitchen • Cando Kids in the Kitchen • Kids Cooking Club – Lucky Lake (targeted)

4 Keewatin Yatthe Health Region Carla Bodnarus Box 40 Buffalo Narrows, SK S0M 0J0 Phone: 235-5820 (fax – 4390) Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief Community building • Ile-a-la-Crosse CPNP Food Hamper at • Good Food Boxes in Ile-a-la-Crosse, La Christmas Loche, Beauval, & Buffalo Narrows • Kids First Emergency Relief • Traditional Feast (Ile-a-la-Crosse) • CPNP milk coupons and Good Food • School Nutrition Programs Box to participants (Kids First too) System change • Buffalo Narrows Community Fellowship Church Food Hamper • KYRHA Food Policy (in process) • Buffalo Narrows Food Hamper at • Breastfeeding Policy for KYRHA (in Christmas process)

Skill building • CPNP Cooking Classes in Ile-a-la- Crosse & La Loche & Infant Mortality Risk Reduction Cooking Classes in Jans Bay/Cole Bay & Buffalo Narrows • Diabetes cooking classes/workshops • Baby Food Making Workshops in Ile-a- la-Crosse & La Loche • Culture camps/schools – Ile-a-la-Crosse, Buffalo Narrows,

5 Prairie North Health Region Jennifer Miller Primary Health Center Population Health Services Suite 101, 11427 Railway Ave. North Battleford, SK S9A 3G8 Phone: 446-6008 (fax – 6432) Switchboard: 446-6400 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief System change Food Vouchers • Healthy Food Policies ¾ CPNP & Kids First Meadow Lake ¾ Health Region Facilities and Events ¾ CPNP, Battlefords Tribal Council & • Nutrition Guidelines for Schools Kids First North Battleford ¾ Provincial ¾ Meadow Lake Tribal Council • BFI Food Bank • Health Region Breastfeeding Policy ¾ Lloydminster • Food Costing ¾ Meadow Lake • Participate in Food Secure Saskatchewan ¾ North Battleford • Pop. Health Prom. Strategy (Accessible Food Drives Nutritious Food) ¾ North Battleford ¾ Region Soup Kitchens ¾ Meadow Lake ¾ North Battleford School Breakfast, Lunch and/or Snack Programs ¾ Various throughout the region

Skill building • Community Kitchens ¾ Region • Baby Food Workshops ¾ Region ¾ Battlefords Tribal Council ¾ Meadow Lake Tribal Council • Breastfeeding Support ¾ Lloydminster ¾ Meadow Lake ¾ North Battleford

Community building • Farmer’s Markets ¾ Battleford ¾ Lloydminster ¾ Meadow Lake ¾ North Battleford • Good Food Box ¾ Lloydminster ¾ Meadow Lake ¾ North Battleford ¾ Meadow Lake Tribal Council • Cooking on a Budget, Cooking with Youth & Cooking for Daycares ¾ Meadow Lake Tribal Council • Community Kitchen ¾ Regional • Community Garden ¾ Meadow Lake ¾ North Battleford ¾ Meadow Lake Tribal Council • Baby Food Workshop ¾ Regional

6 Prince Albert Parkland Health Region Contact: Heather McAvoy 1521 – 6th Avenue West Prince Albert, SK S6V 5K1 Phone: 765-6604 (fax – 6624) Switchboard: 765-6600 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief Community building • Nutrition programs in schools • “Food for Thought” Project – School Nutritionist • Share a meal (individual) (soup kitchen) • “Healthy Choices for Kids” • Food bank Programming • Second Harvest (redistribution of ready prepared foods) • Smart Families Food Coop • Friendship Centre Snack • Soup pot (St. Paul’s Presbyterian) • “The Nest” Lunch- CMHA • Care and share (Calvary United hamper) • Community Kitchen • Youth Activity Centre • Community Gardens • Bread Depots ¾ NCC • PA Farmer’s Market ¾ Riverside School • Transportation Co-op – Westview ¾ Westview School • Children’s Haven ¾ Bernice Sayese Community Centre • School Nutrition Programs • Salvation Army • GFBox Programs– PA, Big River& • Mobile Crisis community schools • The Nest – Canadian Mental Health • Cooking classes Assoc. (hot lunch) ¾ Kid’s First • Summer Snack Program in Playgrounds ¾ Community schools (partially funded by 2 School boards) ¾ Aboriginal Headstart ¾ • Children’s Haven Kids Cooking ¾ Mighty Munchies – Parents cooking • Bernice Sayese Community Center with kids in the classroom Skill building • Youth Activity Centre Supper

• “Food for Thought” Program – School Nutritionist System change • PA Food Coalition • School-based Nutrition programs • Food Charter – City of PA • Smart Families Food Coop-Newsletter • PA Baby Friendly Implementation • Cooking classes Committee (Breastfeeding) ¾ Kids First ¾ Community Schools • “Healthy Choices for Kids” Committee ¾ Aboriginal Headstart • “Food for Thought” School Nutritionist ¾ Mighty Muchies – Parents cooking • P.A. Catholic School Division Nutrition with kids in the classroom Policy • “Parent Talk” Baby food Making • Thought About Food? Workshops Workshops • Food Secure SK Conferences- 2006, 07 • Community Service Centre – Budgeting • PAPHR Population Health Promotion • Youth Activity Centre Supper Strategy • The Nest Lunch • School-based Nutrition Programs • Collective Kitchen Leadership Training • GFBox Programs – PA, Big River & • Community Kitchens community schools • Community Gardens- Share-A- • Transportation Coop – Westview Meal/Food Bank Community School, Bernice Sayese • “Healthy Choices for Kids” Committee Community Center ¾ Develops resources and • Food Costing Report – PHNSWG programming • Healthier foods for vending machines • Children’s Haven Project • Participation in Food Secure SK • Participation in Food Secure Canada

7 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Population & Public Health Services Regina, SK S4P 2E3 Switchboard: 766-7777

Eunice Misskey – Phone: 766-6332 (fax: 6945) Internet: [email protected]

Lisa Vance/Jenny Okroj (shared position) – Phone: 766-7681 (fax – 7411) Internet: [email protected] or [email protected]

Adine Enns/Helen Flengeris (on leave) – Phone: 766-7420 (fax – 7410) Internet: [email protected]

Skill building Short term relief • Regina & District Food Bank • Regina & District Food Bank • Al Ritchie • Regina Education & Action on Hunger ¾ Community Kitchens ¾ REACH into Parks ¾ Community Gardens ¾ Food Buying Co-op ¾ Baby’s Best Start Prenatal Classes with ¾ Kid’s Cooking emphasis on Breastfeeding • Emergency Food Support • REACH ¾ Salvation Army ¾ Community Kitchens ¾ Soul’s Harbour/Rescue Mission ¾ What’s Cooking ¾ Carmichael Centre ¾ Healthy Living, Healthy Eating • Regina Food For Learning Program, which Workshops provides services in Regina schools and • Four Directions Community Health Centre neighbourhoods cooking classes • Chili For Children Program ¾ Parenting group • Four Directions - Healthiest Babies Possible ¾ Prenatal group (CPNP program) – milk, food, nutritional ¾ Diabetes information group supplements, light meal provided with all • HELP classes on request for: programming (approx. 4 x week), ¾ Cooking skills, shopping skills and transportation to food bank healthy food choices selection • Al Ritchie ¾ Budgeting, and making the budget work ¾ Baby’s Best-Start Program provides ¾ Diabetic cooking milk vouchers & food for each program ¾ English as a Second Language food and about twice/week preparation classes ¾ Bread donations from local bakery – ¾ Seniors healthy food choices and provider for community members preparation based on Living Simply book ¾ Seniors lunch ¾ Food fact sheets, cook books, resources ¾ Community Lunch (Lunch Brunch for persons with low literacy and/or Every Thursday) beginning stages of dementia ¾ Christmas Hampers to various churches • North Central Community Association and organizations • Ranch Erhlo Community Services ¾ Food Bank orders • Circle Project • Rainbow Youth ¾ Pre-employment, employment & • RQHR public school food programs & lifeskills programs separate school food programs • Regina Food for Learning • Home Economics for Healthy Living ¾ cooking classes (HELP) ¾ Lunch and Learn summer lunch and snack preparation program ¾ Nutrition info and snack at Summer Fun Spots/playground programs • Boys & Girls Clubs • Catholic Family Services • Socialization, Communication& Education Problems (SCEP) • YMCA

• Families & Schools Together

• Core Community Association

• Daycare Feeding Programs (for eg)

¾ Kids First Daycare

¾ Circle Project Daycare

¾ Open Door Society Daycare

8 Community building System change • REACH • Reps on Saskatchewan Child Nutrition Child Feeding Program providing Network (SCNN) leading to Food Security funding and supports to community groups, Roundtables – SCNN renamed Food Secure schools and organizations SK ¾ The Good Food Box • Reps on National Food Security Projects ¾ The Family Basket Advisory Committees (federally funded) ¾ Convenience Meals leading to ¾ R Mobile Stores ¾ development of tools such as Thought ¾ Community Kitchens About Food workbook and video, • Al Ritchie training, and participatory food costing ¾ Food For Life Community Store for use in Saskatchewan ¾ Transportation – have bus tickets and ¾ National CPNP Food Security strategies taxi available to go to food bank or • Rep on Dietitians of Canada committee to doctor’s appointments or programs develop DC Community Food Security ¾ Community Kitchens Position Paper ¾ Community Gardens www.foodsecuresaskatchewan.ca (new resources) • Provincial Food Costing leading to Cost of Healthy Eating Report in SK available at www.rqhealth.ca (programs: food security) • Regina Food for Learning – volunteers, helpers & fundraisers • Regina Core Neighbourhood Sustainability Project – food security partnership • Advocacy work on Food & Nutrition policy for the RQHR (poster presentation) • Early Childhood nutrition programs/kits

• School nutrition programs/school food policies/indicator development

• Rep on Breastfeeding partnerships

¾ Saskatchewan Breastfeeding Committee

¾ RQHR Breastfeeding & Baby Friendly Initiative Advisory Committee

• Breastfeeding & Baby Friendly

Policy development for RQHR &

implementation

• HSURC funded Food Security Research

in Regina: posters on different phases of the

research presented at National Food

Security Assembly in Waterloo; DC in

Toronto; CPHA in Saskatoon …

¾ “Voices on Food Insecurity” report

summary copies available at:

www.rqhealth.ca (programs: food security)

• REACH ¾ Food Audit report ¾ Food Security project partnership ¾ RQHR Health Promotion Rep on Board • Forum on Building a Food Charter in Regina, City Hall • Food Inc.: Coalition of groups to ensure food security in the North Central Community • RQHR Population Health Promotion Strategy – Accessible Nutrition ¾ Supporting Community Food Security Partnership eg. Al Ritchie Community Food Store

9 Saskatoon Health Region

Public Health Services 101 – 310 Idylwyld Drive North Saskatoon, SK S7L 0Z2 Reception: 655-4630 (fax – 4498)

Twyla Markham Phone: 655-4465 Internet: [email protected]

Terry Ann Keenan Phone: 655-4663 Internet: [email protected]

Jacki Veregin Phone: 655-4825 (fax – 4899) (Food for Thought) (Healthy Mother/Healthy Baby) Westwinds Primary Health Centre Room 2103 - 3311 Fairlight Drive Saskatoon, SK S7M 3Y5 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief Skill building • School Programs (Saskatoon, Duck • Beardy’s First Nation cooking program Lake, Humboldt, Rosthern, Beardy’s • Parent Mentoring program - Rosthern First Nation, Dundurn, Lanigan) • Food for Thought ¾ CHEP ¾ CPNP ¾ Breakfast for Learning ƒ Saskatoon ¾ Cooking Programs • Collective Kitchens • Milk Coupons ¾ Saskatoon ¾ HMHB ¾ Osler ƒ Saskatoon ¾ Rosthern • Food Vouchers ¾ Aberdeen ¾ Churches ¾ Warman ƒ Saskatoon ¾ Kids First – Saskatoon ƒ A number of rural communities ¾ Westside Community Clinic • Food Banks Diabetes program ¾ Saskatoon ¾ White Buffalo Youth Lodge, weekly ¾ Humboldt cooking program ¾ Wynyard • Community Training ¾ Wadena ¾ Collective Kitchens ¾ Lanigan ¾ Healthy Eating Active Living ¾ U of S ¾ Peer Leader ¾ Kelsey Institute ¾ Nobody’s Perfect ¾ Nokomis ¾ Grass Roots ¾ Watrous ¾ Kids Cooking • Soup Kitchens – Emerg. Food ¾ Making baby food from scratch ¾ Salvation Army ¾ Westside Community Clinic Community building ¾ EGADZ • CHEP ¾ Friendship Inn • Gardening • Meals on Wheels • Good Food Box • Beard’s First Nations • Collective Kitchens • Saskatoon Health Region • Community Forums • Humboldt • Kids First • Lanigan • Families and Schools Together (FAST) • Rosthern • Nutrition Positive • Wadena • Station 20 West – New Food Store • Wakaw • Healthy Mother Healthy Baby (HMHB) • Wynyard • Grassroots Centre Kitchen • Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop • Rainbow Community Center (50 yr +) 10 System change • Saskatoon Food Charter • Saskatoon Health Region Food Charter • PHS Policy for Food And Beverages • Nutrition Food Policy (PHNWGS) • Anti-Poverty Coalition • CHEP Policy & Mandate (i.e. buying local) • Oxfam • Saskatoon Food Coalition • Food Costing • Nutrition Positive • Steep Hill Coop Policy

11 Sunrise Regional Health Authority Heather Torrie 72 Smith Street East Yorkton, SK S3N 2Y4 Phone: 786-0604 (fax – 0620) Switchboard: 786-0600 Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief • Yorkton Food Bank Skill building • Yorkton Soup Haven • After school cooking programs • Christmas Hampers • Kids First ¾ Salvation Army Soup Haven ¾ Home visiting • School Feeding Programs – Community • Community Kitchens Schools ¾ Yorkton ¾ Yorkton ¾ Melville (planning in progress) ƒ Dr. Brass • Community cooking classes Sturgis ƒ St. Marys ¾ Kamsack Victoria School Community building • Yorkton Tribal Council • Farmer’s Market • CPNP ¾ Yorkton • Kids First • Community Schools – parent ¾ Prenatal supplements & coupons involvement • Headstart • Good Food Box – (folded) ¾ Preschool • F.A.S.T. Program ƒ Breakfast and snack ¾ Yorkton Schools ƒ Noon and snack • PPEP System change ¾ Langenburg ( parent & preschool • H.R. Food/Nutrition Policy education program) • BFI – draft ƒ Snacks • Advocating for ensuring nutritional • Healthy Beginnings adequacy of food in Long Term Care ¾ Esterhazy (clinical nutrition manager hired – ¾ Churchbridge portfolio includes adequacy of menus ¾ Langenburg LTC) • PPEP • PHP Strategy ¾ Esterhazy (parent & preschool • Accessible Nutritious Foods education program) • Support for School Food Policies ƒ Snacks

12 Sun Country Health Region Barb Wright Box 2003 Weyburn, SK S4H 2Z9 Phone: 842-8622 (fax – 8637) Internet: [email protected]

Short term relief • Food Banks • Community Gardens

Skill building • Grocery store tours (on request)

Community building • Healthy Community Food Coalition • Community Gardens • Farmers Markets (Weyburn and Estevan)

System change • Breastfeeding Implementation Committee • Food Nutrition Policy – Health Region • Development of Healthy school food policy

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