Thursday, May 23, 2013

40 Oak / TCRC

The TCRC, or Toronto Christian Resource Centre, or Regent Park Community Resource Centre, also known as 40 Oak and 40 Oaks (somebody please successfully brand this thing) does daily breakfast and lunch on weekdays.

It's at 40 Oak St:



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Their dining hall is nice and spacious. Damn, what a modern building. It looks like an art gallery or something.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre

Here it is:


Mealtimes, according to their community dining page, are Wednesdays at 5pm and Fridays at Noon.

Finding "The Stop" Community Food Centre

It doesn't have to be this confusing, but it is. There's The Stop, and then there's The Stop Community Food Center. One of them is a big, incredible innovation center, and the other is the soup kitchen where you can get free food. And nobody's good at giving directions to the soup kitchen, and it's a pain to find.

It's supposed to be at 1884 Davenport Road. So why is there just an apartment building there? Because The Stop, and all its signage, is behind that building.

So you have to go through this space, and to the left:

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They just don't feel like putting signs out. But their breakfast program is amazing. And so is their lunch, and so is their food bank.

The Stop's hours have changed. For the better.

Meal Trans Monday Night Dinners

The 519 hosts a weekly dinner especially for transgender people, which is an amazing service, considering how dangerous the soup kitchen scene can be for trans people, especially youth. According to their page about it, they welcome trans people including questioning people.