FOOD SECURITY

PILOT PROGRAM

The Birthing Families Foundation’s Food Program was created to provide increased food security to vulnerable families while being supported by postpartum doula care.

With a grant from the Salt Spring Island Foundation BFF has been able to pilot this program on Salt Spring Island. The current food program provides: 

  • Two meal portions a week for each member of the family eating full meals. Young children may share a single portion.

  • Meal support for approximately six months with some variation depending on the size and needs of the family. Larger families may receive more meals per week than other families and therefore for a shorter period of time.

  • The option for meat or vegetarian meals.

  • Meal delivery service. Meal deliveries occur on Thursday each week. Both portions for the week are delivered on the same day.

  • Meals delivered in containers that can easily be washed and recycled.

Partnered with Harvest Kitchen’s local community services program and the Woodshed we are able to provide balanced, nourishing, ready to serve meals prepared in a commercial kitchen and overseen by a Red Seal chef to our postpartum clients. 

We are currently seeking funding for this model in our other receiving sites of Victoria, Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley, Port Alberni and Uclulet/Tofino.  

Our team is also exploring alternative program models and ways that we can bring food to families.  Feel called to help us with this mission?