JR Moving Services adds Project Share in Niagara Falls as a partner in the Purge First With JR Campaign
By adding Project SHARE as a partner it shows that that we are committed to our community and helping our clients reduce their carbon footprint. Food waste is a global problem that has created serious environmental impacts, contributing significantly to climate change. We take one thing off your moving checklist by offering a free of charge purging service for all nonperishable food, bottled drinks, and other donations. We offer convenience by providing a free pick up before or on your moving day.
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About Project SHARE
Project SHARE of Niagara Falls provides essential support services that improve the lives of individuals and families in need. It is a non-profit charitable organization that has been providing emergency food and support services to residents of Niagara Falls for more than 30 years. The acronym SHARE represents support, housing, awareness, resources and emergency.
We currently offer 17 programs and services to help end the struggle against poverty and empower those in need.
Food security, homelessness prevention, healthy living, training and education and seasonal support, like Christmas and back to school, are the ways in which they categorize the programs and services offered at Project SHARE. These five categories are part of the social determinants of health. Social determinants of health are recognized by all levels of government in Canada as well as internationally by the World Health Organization as the social and economic factors that influence people’s health in positive and negative ways with extreme differences in income and wealth, for example, having negative consequences for those who are living in poverty.
Their emergency food program is the most accessed service, providing food to individuals in Niagara Falls who are who are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Families struggling to meet their basic needs are provided with perishable and non-perishable food items. they strive to provide healthy and nutritious foods and include fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy proteins. Food security has one of the most extensive impacts on individuals because it affects physical, mental and social health. The organization distributes almost 1 million pounds of food to 6,000 individuals each year. The organization strives to accommodate special dietary and cultural food requirements like gluten-free, diabetic, halal and kosher, as examples.