Thank you!

With the the generosity of over 17,000 guests, we were able to collect over 13,000 pounds of food and more than $2,000 in cash donations — all of which will support Hamilton Food Share’s mission to help fight food insecurity.

Year after year, your participation make each event a success. We are profoundly grateful to each and every one of you who joined us, contributed, and made this event so special.

Thank you to all who visited our Holiday Stroll 2024! We collected $2,131.40 in donations for Hamilton Food Share.

Since 2020, the Village After Dark in numbers:

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2023 Ontario Community Spirit Awards

This was a really cool surprise when we received them. The office of Ontario Flamborough-Glanbrook MPP Donna Skelly sent us the following two community awards for the Halloween Celebration and the Holiday Stroll! We share this with you and again thank you all for your support in these events.

A Message From Hamilton Food Share

February 20, 2024

St. Elizabeth Village

c/o Sasha Togmus
393 Rymal Road West
Hamilton ON L9B 1V2

Dear Staff and Residents of St. Elizabeth Village:

Thank you so much for your generous support over the holiday season!

It’s been a difficult year for many people in our community. More than 11,800 households are relying on our emergency food banks each month, which is a 40% increase from the year before.

This is why your St. Elizabeth Village Fundraiser was so important. Donors like you help feed the thousands of people looking for help each month. Thanks to your collective contributions of $3,627.96, we raised $18,139.80 worth of nutritious food for our member agencies operating 23 emergency food programs across the city.

Your fundraiser ensured our neighbours had access to healthy food and warm meals.

Your gifts helped us feed the hundreds of children lining up at a food bank each day.

And your support allowed us to put food on the table of those in need, so they didn’t have to choose between groceries or rent.

Together you provided comfort, security and relief to families in Hamilton. We truly can’t thank you enough for that.

Sincerely,

Ashley Mitchell

Resource Development Manager

Hamilton Food Share

Operating for over 30 years, Hamilton Food Share is the city’s Emergency Food shipping and receiving hub, and Emergency Food Systems Coordinator for the network of agencies it supports. Providing food resources to 16 member agencies, operating 23 emergency food programs, over 4.3 million pounds of
nutritionally rich food is delivered to food banks and hot meal programs, ensuring that people living in poverty have access to healthy good food for themselves and their families.

Learn more about Hamilton Food Share here.

For every $5 you donate, we are able to distribute $25 worth of food for Hamilton's food banks and hot meal programs.

Learn more about Hamilton Food Share here.

For every $5 you donate, we are able to distribute $25 worth of food for Hamilton's food banks and hot meal programs.

What people said about the Holiday Stroll!

Great Show. Thanks Zest (St. Elizabeth Village) for making it a Merry Christmas and thanks to all the employees for all their hard work to make this happen.

Mary H.

We go a couple times a week, dance and listen to the music.

Mike & Linda M.

It was so much fun!! Will go again before the season ends.

Kayla C.

We also went tonight and it was fantastic! Recommend for a local activity for sure.

Louise Y.

St. Elizabeth Village outdid themselves this year. What a fabulous Christmas display for all to enjoy through the holidays.

Janet G.

Amazing job on the lights and displays!

Alison F.

Hello from St. Elizabeth Village

We want to express our gratitude and appreciation to our Residents, the local and extended community for all the support shown for our events.

There are over 1,000 active, 55+ Residents at St. Elizabeth Village that are proud to support each other within the Village's community and are prominent supporters of the broader Hamilton community. We are proud to say that with the help of the Hamilton community, over 29,000 pounds of food has been collected since 2020 and over $28,000 in purchasing power raised for Hamilton Food share since October 2024.

We look forward to seeing you at the next event or when you stop by for a visit. What are you waiting for?

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Since 2020, the Village After Dark in numbers:

2023 Ontario Community Spirit Awards

What people said about the Holiday Stroll!

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