Food assistance and mutual aid for disadvantaged individuals and families.

• Food assistance.
• Social and professional reintegration.
• Helping relationship.
• Homelessness prevention: accompaniment in finding and maintaining housing, referrals.
• Collective kitchens.
• Cooking workshop.
• Families in action: activities aimed at breaking isolation of families and strengthening family ties.
• Elders in action.
• Bien au chaud program: collection and distribution of winter clothing for children.
• Magasin-partage scolaire: distribution of school supplies.
• Magasin partage de Noël: distribution of Christmas baskets for members.
• Opération habit de neige: distribution of winter clothing.
• Community garden.

• Food basket distribution, once a month, on request from Chateauguay residents.

• Collection of monetary donations and non-perishable food items.
• Redistribution of donations to local food security ressources.
• Orientation of volunteers to local food security ressources: www.guignolee.ca/en/volunteers

• Breakfasts and lunches.
• Solidarity grocery store and Christmas grocery store.
• Collective kitchens.
• Street outreach services.
• Formula milk program.
• Individual support for members.
• Information booths.
• Summer fruit and vegetable market.
• Collection of winter clothing donations.
• Culinary and agricultural training with professional integration.
• Social activities: outings and special events.

• Emergency food assistance.
• Christmas baskets.

Walk-in Food bank.

• Food distribution.
• Emergency food distribution.
• Saturday meal: hot meal with coffee for anyone.
• Recovery and pick-up of food surplus.

Residual materials management and fight against waste.

* Distribution of surplus food to members at 297 Notre-Dame Street.

• Thrift shop.
• Home collection of bulky items and recycling: paper, cardboard, mixed plastics, metal and electronic bulky items, ink cartridges, clothing in good condition, other materials on request.
• Recovery of surpluses and unsold goods.

• On-site recovery of perishable and non-perishable food, clothes and books.
• Most wanted items: winter boots, razors, belts, boxer shorts, jean pants, long-sleeved sweaters, hoodies, shoes, gloves and warm socks.

• Food counter with home delivery for people with reduced mobility.
• School lunches.
• Back-to-school sharing store: Operation Backpack.
• Christmas baskets.
• Healthy cooking workshops.

Improvement of immigrant women's living conditions.

• Reception, information, referral and listening.
• Daycare for children 2 to 5 years old.
• Psychosocial intervention.
• Customized francization classes and French conversation groups.
• Specialized French classes in collaboration with the MIFI.
• Discussion groups.
• Educational and cultural activities.
• Food assistance.
• Christmas baskets.
• Donation of used clothing, household items and furniture through pairings.
• Sewing workshops.
• Creative workshops: knitting, crochet, crafts, embroidery.
• Yoga.
• Computer classes.
• Interpretation and translation.
• Tax clinic.

• Social and recreational activities: card games, pockets, bingo, etc.
• Community dinners.
• Theme dinners: Valentine's Day, Christmas, etc.
• Thrift store Saint-René-Goupil: clothing, small household items, etc.

* Volunteer opportunities. * Compensatory work.

• Food assistance: perishable and non-perishable goods and food vouchers.
• Christmas baskets.

Material assistance services, in partnership with other nonprofit organizations.

• Donations of essential items: clothing, small kitchen items, small furniture, etc.
• Matching of large donations: large furniture, appliances, and beds.
• On-site pickup of donations.
• Job search assistance and information.
• School supplies.
• Christmas baskets and activities.

Perinatal social nutrition program for pregnant women in vulnerable situations.

• Nutritional follow-up.
• Olo coupons for milk, eggs, vegetables, bread, tofu and apples.
• Food assistance.
• Prenatal multivitamins.
• Material support: clothing and diapers for babies, according to stocks available.
• Access to a lactation counsellor and a social worker if needed.
• Prenatal and postnatal workshops for pregnant women and families with newborns.

• Psychosocial interventions.
• Social and physical activities.
• Artistic and creative activities.
• Outings and outdoor activities.
• Theme parties.
• Harvest and meals.
• Information, training and conferences.

• Weekly and emergency food assistance.
• Collective kitchen.
• Budget consultation.

• Emergency shelter.
• Regular and emergency food assistance.
• Community meals.
• Warming centre: reception of people during winter to sleep, wash, eat and wash their clothes.
• Social activities.
• Individual counselling and outreach workers on site.
• Collection of clothing donations on site.
• Support and social reintegration.
• Winter warming centre.

Support services for student parents and pregnant single mothers who are studying.

• Listening.
• Coffee-meetings.
• Clothing depot.
• Breastfeeding corner.
• Workplace.
• Monthly collective kitchen.
• Food basket every two weeks.
• Family outings and parent-child activities.
• Tax clinic.
• Christmas celebration and baskets.

Thrift shop.

* Furniture, clothing, kitchen items, mattresses, food (peanut butter, chips, bottled water, etc.), etc. * On-site collection of donations. * Home collection: exclusively for furniture. * Special events: special sales, fundraising campaigns, etc.

• Online pick-up form: click here

Thrift shop.

• Plateau shop: clothing, small items, etc.
• Special events: special sales, fundraising campaigns, etc.
• Pick-up request form: click here