MAZON Canada

04/21/2026

Mazon Canada is looking for Canadian Jewish artists to support our work fighting hunger!

The committee will use the arts to achieve two goals:

-Get people talking about hunger, poverty, Mazon and all the great work we do, empowering Jews across Canada to learn more about food insecurity.
-Raise money through the arts that we can spend on feeding hungry Canadians.

How will it work?
Great question! We expect members to commit 5-6 hours per month to committee responsibilities, including attending meetings, liaising with Mazon staff, conceptualizing artistic projects, and coordinating their completion.

What will the projects be?
We have ideas, but ultimately want to support committee members to pursue projects you are excited about. Some of our ideas include:

-Mazon merch
-Art auctions
-Concert fundraisers
-Zine creation
and more!

Interested in joining? Click the link below to sign up:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Artists4Mazon

04/17/2026

Hot off the press🗞🗞🗞

Did you get the April issue of our very popular newsletter, Food For Thought, delivered to your inbox yet? If not, then you are seriously missing out.

We don't spam, we don't overload, just a once-a-month newsletter about advocacy, community, hunger news, and so much more.

These topics affect each and every one of us, whether you're reading this from the Yukon to Toronto to Nova Scotia🌎.

What are you waiting for? Click the link below to subscribe now👇
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/G1qMaMI/foodforthought

04/15/2026

In Judaism, compassion is considered to be a sacred obligation.

We are called to mirror the Divine through our actions: by feeding the hungry, clothing the vulnerable, and showing up for those in need💙.

Justice is holy. Generosity is sacred.
And every act of care brings us closer to who we’re meant to be.

04/10/2026

When rent eats up most of a paycheque, there’s little left for food.

Across Canada, soaring housing costs are pushing people to make impossible choices:

👉 Pay rent or buy groceries?
👉 Skip meals to keep the lights on?
👉 The housing crisis is a hunger crisis.

We can’t solve one without the other.

Affordable housing = fuller fridges.
Stable homes = fewer visits to food banks.
Dignity begins with both.

04/08/2026

People often need more than canned or dried goods for a well-rounded, healthy meal.

While individual donations to food banks are always imperative, most food programs still need to subsidize their clients with fresher staple foods like milk, cheese and eggs.

That's where Mazon grocery grants come in - our funding provides organizations like Village of Hope Niagara with funding to provide these essentials for their community.

Want to learn more about Mazon's grocery grants? Click the link in our bio to learn more👆

03/30/2026

Our tradition tells us to “let all who are hungry come and eat”. 

Last week, the Mazon team joined the Great Big Crunch with , advocating for a Nation School Food Program and putting this lesson into practice 🍎
 
The Great Big Crunch is an annual event where students, educators, families, and communities across Canada come together to take one big crunch (biting into an apple) to ‘make noise’  in support of a National School Food Program.  
 
This year, we empowered four Jewish day schools and supplementary schools to participate, helping Jewish children to speak up in support of food access in schools across Canada.

03/25/2026

This Passover, send warm wishes to friends and family and feed the hungry with personalized Mazon cards or ecards!

Each card provides 2-5 meals for struggling Canadians -young and old, near and far.

To ensure your cards and ecards arrive before the seder, please order printed cards by March 24th and ecards by March 30th,

Please also note that, with the exception of single ecards, orders are not automated; they are processed manually by our Administration and Stewardship Coordinator, Ethan Gottesman-Kaplun, with support from our small team and volunteers.

Please order early (and say, 'Thanks, Ethan')!

Send printed Passover cards to friends & family! With a suggested donation of $18 per card (or whatever feels impactful for you), we will handwrite and mail your cards so they arrive in time for Purim!

03/24/2026

Honour your Seder guests with tzedakah in their name - let them know with a Placecard at their seat!

Donation amounts per card are flexible depending on your budget:

$5 / card = one meal, $10 / card = two meals, etc!

Order glossy printed cards for pickup or courier from Mazon's Toronto office, or a print-at-home PDF, by call or email:

416-783-7554 | [email protected]

Please order by March 26th.

03/23/2026

Act Local, Think Global.

This is one of the core tenants of Mazon Canada's work and why we choose to work with grassroots organizations that feed communities every day. When every community is fed, change to the hunger crises is made on a national scale.

WBCO's food security program - The Good Food Club, provides nutritious meals to those struggling with food insecurity in Winnipeg. And don't miss out on their amazing markets coming back in 2026!

03/19/2026

We need your help.

Yes, you. The person reading this right now.
If you are seeing this, it means you likely care about the hunger problem.
It means you care about the upcoming crises facing Canadian charities.
It means it's up to you to do something about it.

And it doesn't take much! All it takes is our voice.

This is Mazon Canada's word-of-mouth campaign. Donor bases across Canada are rapidly aging, and we need new followers, ambassadors, volunteers and donors to help keep us afloat and fight the ongoing hunger crises across Canada.

From Nunavut to New Brunswick, Toronto to Vancouver:

Are you ready to join the hunger fight?