Every year, the first Thursday in December is devoted to solidarity in efforts to raise awareness about and to fight against poverty.
Over a hundred media representatives and thousands of volunteers will unite across Quebec to collect non-perishable food and cash donations to help people in precarious economic situations.
The Centre de bénévolat & moisson Laval and the Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul are working together to ensure the success of this important event, which provides food assistance for people in difficult circumstances.
More than 400 volunteers will carry out the task of collecting your cash or non-perishable food donations at various collection points in the city of Laval.
10 %
of Quebec families live below the threshold of poverty. Every month, more than 21,000 people in the Laval region resort to food aid.
• 22.5% are households; receiving aid for the first time
• 40.8% of beneficiaries are children under 18
• 33.1% of beneficiaries are two-parent families
• 10.4% of households have an employment revenue
• 45.8% of organizations lack food
This social and economic reality bears witness to the relevance of and the necessity for an annual event such as the grande guignolée des médias food drive for raising awareness and fighting poverty.