The City of Kingston has officially declared support for the Put Food in the Budget campaign! This campaign, sponsored by our friends at The Stop Community Food Centre, calls for the following two actions on the part of the Ontario government to address chronic hunger faced by thousands in our province:

1. An immediate increase of $100 per month Healthy Food Supplement for every adult receiving social assistance as a first step towards addressing the inadequacy of current social assistance benefits

2. A fair and transparent way of setting social assistance rates so that people can meet their basic needs and lead a healthy and dignified life

Learn more about the campaign here, and take a few moments to complete the Do the Math survey while you’re there – it is truly enlightening.