Locke Street Community Fridge

Community fridge located @ 115 Stanley Ave & Locke Street. Open 24/7. Take what you need, leave what you can, Learn more ➡️

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Hi! We’re a community fridge and pantry located on 115 Stanley Avenue, near Locke Street. We have fresh produce, frozen goods, dried goods like rice and pasta, snacks, and personal care items including menstrual and dental hygiene products, #HamOnt #myFirstTweet 1/n

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Our fridge & pantry are currently empty, please considering dropping some items by! Our request board include fruit, granola bars, peanut butter, cat/dog food, & heat and eat type foods (think ramen/frozen dinners). DM if you want to donate to our amazon wishlist or e-transfer!

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

@LockeStShops Hey #HamOnt, our fridge is looking a little bare these days, can you help? If you would like to purchase items off our Amazon wishlist, please message us!

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

"It’s frustrating to see the research being ignored, says Tarasuk. “We have yet to see a provincial or federal government really designing income supports in a way to optimize the impact on household food security.”

[PROOF @proofcanada]

“One of the barriers to intelligent public policy around food insecurity is this mythology that somehow, while it’s not perfect, we’re managing the problem by having food charity.”

Speaking w/ @LianaHwang about tackling the root cause of food insecurity. https://t.co/qnaHC0oS3D

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Hey #LockeStreet #HamOnt!

Our shelves are looking a little empty, can you help? Some popular items are diary, eggs, canned products/sauce, pasta/rice, and fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables. Some requests from our community members include oatmeal and granola bars!

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Our fridge and pantry are looking a little empty! Our request board includes oatmeal and granola bars. We have some tea, coupons, toiletries, and socks!

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Our fridge and pantry are looking a little empty! Our request board includes oatmeal and granola bars. We have some tea, coupons, toiletries, and socks!

[Felicia Van Dyk @Felicia_VanDyk]

Our friends at the Kirkendall Neighbourhood Association at Easter Egg hunt on April 8 at Blessings Christian Church. Consider bringing an item for the @lockestfridge. First egg drop is at 9:30am. Bring your own basket.

[Felicia Van Dyk @Felicia_VanDyk]

Hey Neighbours ✋🏼✋🏼✋🏼 We have some volunteer roles available at the @LockeStFridge. If you're interested in any of these roles or want to help out in other ways, please be in touch or fill out the volunteer form here: https://t.co/h8VHKpFNgM

[HCBN @HamOntCBN]

What are community benefits anyways..? Community benefits are not necessarily straightforward for many people. In short, community benefits are the leveraging of public or private infrastructure to ensure that they equitably benefit all residents.🌼

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Image credit to @CommFridgeKW

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Just a reminder that we don't monitor or police the usage of our community fridge. We ask that others do not question or monitor fridge users on their need or use.

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

One in six households — 5.8 million people, including 1.4 million children — were food insecure in 2021.

"Food insecurity is a policy decision. It doesn't have to look like this. It's about how policies protect, or don't, the most vulnerable people in the population."

[PROOF @proofcanada]

“It’s not about having more people sort the cans or carry another box of donations in. It’s about doing the harder work of saying, ‘How can we rejig the Canada Child Benefit to make sure that children in Canada are not at elevated risk?’” https://t.co/Q1V3LipX41

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

If attending virtually is a barrier for you, please contact us through our DMs or through the physical comment box, and we will do our best to work with you. We would also appreciate if you shared this with friends and family to help make everyone aware of what is happening! n/n

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Hi everyone! The fridge will be closed on November 11 to 13 for some renovations. We want to ensure this space remains dignified, respected by all, and operable in the safest way possible. We are sharing our renovations plans in this thread and seeking feedback 1/n

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

We are seeking feedback through our Virtual Town Hall, a physical comment box in the shed, and through the feedback form listed in our bio. If you would like to attend our Town Hall, please RSVP through the link in our bio. 3/n.

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

Both forms are also in our bio along with our volunteer sign-up forms and ways to donate (including monetary donations). DM or Tweet us with any questions or concerns :) n/n

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

We are hosting a town hall on November 2 at 8 PM. Join us as we share a general update on how things are going and collect feedback that will influence our operations. We will also be sharing some renovation plans. 1/n

[Locke Street Community Fridge @LockeStFridge]

If you would like to attend or submit feedback please check out the following Google forms. 2/n
Town Hall RSVP: https://t.co/OGovu2nuDa
Feedback: https://t.co/qNskVLiiY7