Organic Food Pick Up at the Boys and Girls Club

Foodshare Toronto is Canada’s largest community food security organization, recognized as an important innovator of effective programs that have been reproduced all across Canada. It is a not-for-profit organization helping families have access to healthy fresh produce, directly from the Ontario Food Terminal.

Part of FoodShare’s programming is The Good Food Box. The Good Food Box runs like a large buying club with centralized buying and co-ordination. On a weekly OR biweekly basis individuals place orders for boxes with volunteer co-ordinators in their neighborhood and receive a box brimming with fresh, tasty produce.

The Boys and Girls Junction Triangle Clubhouse (1379 Bloor Street West, just east of Symington) is now a pick up location for fresh, local and organic produce. If you would like to sign up for a Good Food Box, please contact Tony Palermo at tony@dovercourtkids.com.

Baskets will be delivered every Thursday and orders will be due the week before on the Wednesday.

For example: Delivery Thursday, June 28, order due Wednesday, June 20

Delivery Thursday, July 5 order due Wednesday June 27

Prices and typical contents (changes weekly- based on seasonal produce)
Cheques can be made to Foodshare. You can order and pay for more than one order at a time.

Sample Good Food Box Choices
Below is an example from a typical week. Prices do not vary.

  • Fruit Box $13 (1 bag Apples 3lb, 1 bunch Bananas, 1 half pint Blackberries, 1 Cantaloupe, 6 oranges, 1 Pineapple)
  • Good Food Box $18 (1 bag apples 3lb, 1 bunch Bananas, 1 bunch Broccoli, 1 Cantaloupe, 1 bag carrots 2 lb, 1 head Cauliflower, 3 Corn, 6 oranges, 1 head lettuce, 2 lb Potatoes, 1 bunch spinach, 3 Tomatoes
  • Small Good Food Box $13 (bag apples 1.5lb, 1 bunch bananas, 1 bunch Broccoli, 1 Cantaloupe, 3 Corn, 4 oranges, 1 head lettuce, 2 lb Potatoes, 1 bunch Spinach, 2 plum tomatoes
  • Large Organic Box $34 (all organic- 1 bunch Bananas (fair trade), 1 bunch Broccoli, 1 bag Carrots, 2 Corn, 1 head lettuce, 6 Oranges, 4 Pears Anjou, 1 bag yellow potatoes mini, 1lb Rhubarb, 1/2lb Spinach, 2lb Sweet Potatoes, 2 Tomatoes- Hot house
  • Small Organic $24 (all organic- 1 bunch Bananas (fair trade), 1 bunch broccoli, 2 corn, 1 head lettuce, 3 organes, 2 Pears Anjou, 1 bag mini yellow potatoes, 1/2lb Spinach, 2lb Sweet potatoes
  • Wellness Box $13 (for busy people) (6 apples, 4 bananas, 1/2 beans, 1/2 Cantaloupe, 1 bag carrots (cut), 1 bag celery (cut), 2 corn, 1 bunch onion, 4 oranges, 1/3lb spinach, 1 lb potatoes, 2 tomatoes.