Thank you for your interest in donating food to Horizons for Youth! Every day, we provide our residents with breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks. We accept donations of prepared food and needed groceries. The food items we are most in need of are:

Packaged food:

  • Fresh or frozen chicken (breasts, wings, drumsticks, or frozen boxes of chicken strips or chicken nuggets)

  • Ground beef

  • Bacon

  • Frozen vegetables

  • Eggs

  • Milk

  • Cheese (cheddar, marble, mozzarella)

  • Rice

  • Pasta

  • Tomato sauce

  • Olive oil or vegetable oil

  • Ketchup

  • Mayonnaise

  • Breakfast cereal

  • White sugar

  • Salad dressing

  • Seasonings (salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, etc.)

Prepared food

**Please note that due to Toronto Public Health’s guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, Horizons for Youth is currently not accepting any home-cooked food.

Our residents love when special meals are donated by their community members. You can purchase meals from a local restaurant or catering company that has passed Toronto Public Health’s food inspection standards, and deliver these meals to Horizons for Youth. Please email us to find out our current residents’ allergy and food restrictions, and to schedule a delivery.

If you are interested in donating fresh or prepared food, please view our Food Donation Safety Guidelines.

All food donations can be dropped off at our agency - 422 Gilbert Ave, Toronto, ON. Please call 416-781-9898 or email info@horizonsforyouth.org if you have questions or want to schedule your delivery.