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Gleaners among community organizations awaiting Hastings County approval for funding requests

By Hailey MacDonald Oct 8, 2025 | 10:30 AM

Funding for a federal Homelessness Prevention Program will go a long way to supporting Hastings County’s efforts to support those who help those most vulnerable in the region.

The County’s Community and Human Services Committee approved a recommendation to Hastings County Council on Wednesday allocating the 2025-2026 Homelessness Prevention Program funding to community organizations.

One of them is Gleaners Foodbank, which had submitted a $500,000 application for the development of a food redistribution centre designed to connect and strengthen food programs across Hastings County.

The application, Community and Human Services Committee director Jamie-Lynne Osmond stated, aims to nourish those who are hungry across Hastings County by providing an efficient, equitable, and sustainable system for food collection, storage, processing, and distribution to like-minded community partners who are also striving to alleviate hunger as part of their work and reduce food waste.

Funds will be used to create two new staff positions, information technology infrastructure, purchase six refrigerated food lockers, food security events (food security summit), and administration oversight.

“Gleaners is a long-standing, self-sustaining program,” Osmond told the committee.

“The HPP money will allow Gleaners to expand their distribution efforts into a County-wide redistribution centre.”

Osmond noted a detailed plan outlining steps to be taken to ensure the facility is operational for January 2027 will be organized by Gleaners and County staff for a presentation early next year to the committee.

“It’s really unfortunate in a country that is as prosperous as Canada that the demand for these services increases year-over-year, while the funding doesn’t,” County Warden Bob Mullin remarked.

12 applications in total were received, including six capital submissions and the FRC submission from Gleaners.

Organizations include Grace Inn Shelter, Pathways to Independence and Hastings Prince Edward Learning Foundation, among others.

The full report can be seen at this link.

(BROCK ORMOND)