Southwestern Ontario Gleaners was recently awarded a Kindred Charitable Fund grant to help replace a critical cooler used in its operations. The cooler helps ensure rescued produce remains fresh and safe while volunteers inspect, prepare, and process it. Read more HERE
On Saturday, April 20th, the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners held its annual Fundraising Banquet at the Portuguese Club. Over 365 people attended. Thanks to generous sponsorships, 95 silent auction items, and 10 live auction items, as a result, over $100,000 was raised. It was a fun evening that included a guest speaker from the Canadian Food for Children. This organization distributes
The Southwestern Ontario Gleaners recently held its second annual Food for All Community Luncheon at the Roma Club. On September 20th, 350 people enjoyed a delicious pasta lunch to support the work of the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners. The SWO Gleaners is a charitable organization in Leamington that takes unmarketable local produce and turns it into a dehydrated soup mix. This
The Southwestern Ontario Gleaners recently held an Open House and BBQ to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. Thanks to amazing volunteers and donors, the SWO Gleaners has progressively increased their production and expects to distribute close to 5 million servings of dried soup mix and apple snacks this year alone. Over the years, close to 24 million servings of nutritious soup
Over the past few months, we have had groups come to help process or pack our product. Group outings are a great way to bring your group together and accomplish very meaningful work. For more information on bringing your group to SWO Gleaners, contact the office: at 519-326-7687 or [email protected] Other groups that have come over the past few months
St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank @ St. Michael’s Church – Leamington Kingsville Food Bank – Kingsville Serenity Circle Recovery Farm – Essex Salvation Army – Essex London Food Bank – London Feeding Windsor Essex – Windsor Oakridge Presbyterian – London Oneida Settlement
April, 2023: 686,400 servings of vegetable soup mix donated to Loads of Love for Ukraine. Thank you to Loads of Love and Canadian Food for Children for your partnership in distributing our soup mix around the world. May, 2023: 700,000 servings of vegetable soup mix donated to Canadian Food for Children for Africa.
On April 22, 2023, over 350 people attended our annual Spring Fundraising Banquet at the Portuguese Club of Leamington. It was a great evening of dinner, entertainment, silent auction, and live auction. Thank you to all our sponsors, donors, and auction buyers who made the night such a success. Annual Spring Banquet Raises $90,000 All money raised goes to the
Join us on April 22nd, 2023 for our Annual Fundraiser at Leamington’s Portuguese Club, located at 217 Talbot St. W. Tickets are $75.00 (tables of 8-10 people). Cash bar Live & Silent Auction Letter of Invitation: Thank you for your continued support of the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners! We humbly reach out to you to ask for your support for our
The SWO Gleaners Fundraising Dinner and Auction was held on Aug. 27th at the Portuguese Club in Leamington. Thank you to all involved! Thank you to all who attended, donated items for our auctions, and donated money for the organization. The event was a huge success, as we netted over $60,000! All money raised goes to the cost of producing
