The Manna Food Bank is a volunteer-run charitable organization funded primarily by our local community. Here is how you can help.

Financial

Manna is a registered charity and financial donations are tax-deductable. Electronic receipts are available for donations by cheque if an e-mail address is provided.

Option 1: CanadaHelps

The Manna Food Bank gratefully accepts donations online. You can send donate through CanadaHelps, a secure website for making online donations to Canadian charities.

When you donate through CanadaHelps,  you can contribute one time, or you can set your account to automatically contribute to Manna monthly. You can donate as little as $5/month, and you can cancel at any time.

Make it Monthly

Monthly donations are a convenient way to contribute on an ongoing basis, and it helps us stabilize our cashflow and make it more predictable throughout the year. 

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions. Click the icons below to get started.

Thank you for your generosity!

 

Option 2: e-transfer

To e-transfer – using Interac e-transfer:
This is a simple, convenient and secure way to send and receive money from one bank to another. No personal banking information is shared.

Using your on-line banking Interac e-transfer service, set up Manna Food Bank of Bracebridge as a recipient by adding this gmail address: treasurermanna@gmail.com . When you have selected an amount to donate by e-transfer add your name and e-mail address in the comments section and a receipt for income tax purposes will be forwarded to you.

Option 3: Mail a Cheque

You can also send cheques addressed to Manna Food Bank to PO Box 462, Bracebridge, ON, P1L 1T8.

Option 4: Drop off a Cheque

You can drop your cheque off at the food bank, located at 345 Ecclestone Drive, Unit 45 Mini Mall Storage Properties, (the old Dura Building), in Bracebridge. Manna is open Tuesdays and Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m.

Option 5: Coin Boxes Around Town

Spare some change? Coinboxes are located at many Bracebridge businesses. Please give generously.

Charitable receipts are available for monetary donations. (Coin boxes excepted).

More ways you can help!

Regular Food Drives & Fundraisers

Manna organizers and many Bracebridge businesses, schools and community groups hold regular food drives and fundraisers. They include the Spring Envelope Campaign before Easter, the Muskoka Oldtimers Fall Food Drive – that (in non – COVID times) occurs on the first Tuesday of October.

Please keep an eye open for these opportunities to contribute. If you wish to organize a food drive, contact us for assistance.

Personal, Corporate & Community Donations

We are extremely grateful to the many individuals, businesses and not-for-profit groups that regularly support Manna. We gratefully accept monetary donations and donations of non-expired, unopened food. We regret that we are unable to accept home-made food items due to health regulations.

If you have a non-food donation, please check to see if these other distribution services are open:

• Salvation Army, located at 456 Manitoba Street or call 705-645-2602, ext. 1.
• The Nest Family Resource Centre,  located at 10 Armstrong Street, gratefully accepts gently-used clothing for children from birth to 12-years old, as well as toys, books, and infant and baby gear.
• The Habitat for Humanity’s Bracebridge ReStore at 505 Muskoka Road 118 W
  Unit A3 Bracebridge, ON P1L 1T4 gratefully accepts furniture and other home-related items. You can email the store: bbrestore@habitatgatewaynorth.com or phone 705-646-0106

If you wish to make a donation of non-expired, non-perishable food items, donation drop boxes are located at Your Independent Grocer and Food Basics in Bracebridge.
These items could also be dropped off at the food bank at the Mini Mall Storage Properties, 345 Ecclestone Drive, Unit 45, on Tuesday & Friday afternoons between 1 and 4 p.m.
As always, thank you so much for supporting Manna.
We could not do it without you!