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Ottawa Food Bank is a nonprofit organization that collects and distribute food to people in need in the National Capital Region. Their mission is to “Help people get beyond hunger.” The organization was founded in 1984, by a group of volunteers that installed in the basement of a former police station in Ottawa. The food drive begins in partnership with OC Transpo, with the goal to fill a bus for the food bank. With more partnerships over the years, Ottawa Food Bank headquarters moved three more times, settling at 1317 Michael Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada since 1998. The organization reports to currently have 112 locations that directly work with their client base of more than 40, 000 people every month. The current Chair of the board is David K. Law, and the Michael Maidment is the Executive Director of Ottawa Food Bank since 2013. Their former Executive Director is Peter Tilley begun his career at Ottawa Food Bank as one of truck drivers, his role as the Executive Director of the Ottawa Food Bank in 1999 and served in the same role until 2013. He was awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013, in the same year, he left Ottawa Food Bank to take a lead role at the Ottawa Mission.

The Ottawa Food Bank collects mainly a range of non-perishable and perishable foods items, as well as monetary donations through food drives in the Ottawa. They also receive monetary donations from various sources, including online. The Ottawa Food Bank run food drives in offices, classroom, and through community groups to collect mainly non-perishable food items. In 2010, Community Harvest program was established to grow fruits and vegetables, and this program was able to grow over 100, 000 lbs. of fresh foods in its first five years. In 2016, 120,000lbs of fresh produce was grown and consumed. This increases Ottawa Food Bank’s delivery of fresh foods to their clients to 47%.

Awards and achievements
In 2011, the Ottawa Food Bank received a Silver Award for Nonprofit in the Ottawa Business Achievement Awards. In 2012, Ottawa Food Bank was named Top Pick Charity by Charity Intelligence Canada. In 2014, the Ottawa Food Bank won Non-Profit/Volunteer Organization of the Year in Faces Magazine, and it also received a 4-stars rating by Charity Intelligence Canada. In 2015, the Ottawa Food Bank again won Non-Profit/Volunteer Organization of the Year in Faces Magazine.

Partners
Some of Ottawa Food Bank’s corporate partners include Sodexo, many Metro and Loblaws locations in Ottawa, Cisco, and the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre. The organization also receive additional supports from the Federal Government, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Ottawa Public Health.