Saskatchewan Food Security Initiatives Inventory as compiled by health regions (31/08/07) Not Available Page 5 Not Available At This Time Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 10-11 Page 4 Page 12 Page 8-9 Page 2 Page 3 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 4 elementary wide 1 pre-k • Regional Food Security Committee 3 middle school years Good Food Box pilot project in Maple 2 high school years Creek. ¾ Maple Creek School Nutrition Program College • Eastend 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