The Manna Food Bank is a Bracebridge-based food bank serving the residents of Muskoka. This website was created to help Manna’s clients, donors, volunteers, members of the media and the wider community become informed and stay up-to-date on what’s happening here at Manna. We encourage you to like Manna Food Bank on Facebook and to …
Townspeople come together in support of the Manna Food Bank (Bracebridge, September 20, 2018) — Preparations are underway for the annual Fall Food Drive for the Manna Food Bank, organized by the Muskoka Oldtimers Hockey Club. Twenty-seven years on, you are likely familiar with the drill. On the first Tuesday of October — this year …
September 13, 2018 — Mark your calendars, Bracebridge! The 2018 Muskoka Oldtimers Fall Food Drive for Manna is taking place on Tuesday October 2, and the Oldtimers need you! IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION Oldtimers Fall Food Drive 2018 Date: Tuesday October 2nd, 2018 Meeting Place: Monck Public School Gym When: Just before 5:00pm Collection Drop-off: Bracebridge …
We want to tell you about some beautiful things happening in this community. Muskoka is the home of a handful of Syrian immigrant families, refugees from the civil war who have arrived in Muskoka over the course of the last two years, sponsored by local churches and community groups. At Ramadan, the holy month of …
The Bay Food Crew has been at it again! No fewer than eighty whole chickens were delivered to Manna by this resourceful crew, who recently held a “Chicken-A-Thon” in Huntsville. Participants donated funds for a faux chicken and The Bay Food Crew purchased the real thing for various support agencies in the community. The …
June 2, 2018 — Here is what the Town of Bracebridge had to say in presenting Manna’s 2018 Community Volunteer Recognition Award. “The Bracebridge Outstanding Volunteer Achievement Award recognizes individuals and groups for outstanding volunteer contributions to their communities and to the Province. This year’s recipients are the volunteers of the Manna Food Bank. …
May 29, 2018 – A proud day! The 100 or so people who volunteer for Manna received a Bracebridge Outstanding Volunteer Achievement award from the Town at a ceremony tonight at the Rene Caisse Theatre. Congratulations, guys! (Too bad so many of you escaped before we could get a group picture!)
Jason Melville, owner of Nissan of Muskoka, came up with a creative way of supporting his community. Jason posted on Facebook that he had a pair of Toronto Maple Leafs tickets for a game against Montreal that he would like to auction off. If he received a certain bid he would double the amount and …
A local business collective calling itself ‘Bay Food Crew’ is a generous ongoing supporter of the Manna Food Bank, members of which are pictured here on March 21, presenting a very generous donation of meat. Meat is only available to Manna clients on an ongoing basis by way of special donations. Consisting of Hunters Bay …
Donation envelope enclosed in March 29th edition of Bracebridge newspaper MEDIA RELEASE Bracebridge, March 2018 – In addition to being a harbinger of warmer weather, Easter weekend also marks the kick-off of the Manna Food Bank’s annual Spring Envelope Campaign. Manna is asking supporters to use the envelope to send a cheque to the food …
Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Secondary School has for a number of years supported Manna through its Pasta Challenge. 2018 is no exception. But this year the challenge was expanded to include rice and cereals as well, and always the response was generous. Thank you to Hannah, and the other BMLSS students and staff for supporting your …