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Feeding Windsor – Addressing food security for various
communities

Our new partnership with Feeding Windsor has had an incredible impact
on our communities. Our programming provides food and necessities to people in some
of our CHC buildings.

Feeding Windsor is our food service provider for the Supportive Housing Model at
Chateau Masson, where they serve all residents three meals a day plus snacks.

Post COVID-19, the organization has also re-opened “The Lighthouse” at our 333 Glengarry
property, where they serve more than of 100 people a day with coffee, toast with peanut
butter, and other snacks.

In terms of yearly programming, Feeding Windsor also offers:

• Senior breakfast, lunch and dinner clubs
• The Food Pantry at 395 University serving hundreds of people per week
• More than 100 school soup and sandwich clubs for students held throughout the
school year
• Learning opportunities for tenants to build different skills and provision of computers
in certain locations for tenants to access to the internet.

Community Development and Engagement Projects at various

communities: Creating a sense of belonging

In various local communities, we offer programs that are fun, bring people together and
allow tenants to contribute and celebrate with others. In 2022, these included:
• After school youth programming including homework help, crafts and activities for
more than 1000 kids
• Spring clean-up, community gardens, gardening clubs and Earth Day events that
attracted 2,000 people from all of our communities
• Fall and Halloween parties, community decoration and costume contests for 5,000
tenants
• Summer barbecues, bake sales and pancake breakfasts that fed 5,800 tenants
• Holiday open houses and dinners for 2,000 tenants
• Seniors’ activities like Bingo, knitting groups and exercise clubs that brought together
4,000 of our seniors for socializing
• Meet and greets with CHC staff, formation of tenant committees to chat with 3,000 of
our tenants
• Back to school parties and haircuts for 1,000 kids

We held more than 350 events and initiatives with a total of 23,000 participants
throughout the year. Many of the community engagement events can bring in more than
200 people, especially in our family areas and large senior buildings.

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