Club Sandwich

We ‘sandwich’ the meal gap for the homeless and food insecure in Toronto. The meal gap is the time period between when local missions provide a hot meal or food bank offering and until they do so again. Club Sandwich has provided over 225,000 sandwiches since June of 2020.

Club Sandwich
Club Sandwich
$36,403.60 donated
85 Donors

Our goal is to ‘sandwich’ the meal gap that exists for the homeless and food insecure. The meal gap is the time period between when local missions provide a hot meal or food bank offering and until they do so again.

Club Sandwich is a grassroots food security organization with over 1000 volunteers that weekly deliver sandwiches to local missions. Those missions serve them to their guests as a takeaway meal.

Learn more here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/club-sandwich-takes-bite-out-of-hunger-during-trying-times-in-toronto-1.5406768

Volunteer here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/304355540605233/

100% of your monetary donation goes to purchasing sandwich ingredients for on-site volunteers to make and you will receive a charitable tax receipt.

We use the funds to ‘sandwich’ the meal gap.

We purchase ingredients for onsite volunteers to prepare sandwiches at our clubhouse located at the Neighbourhood Food Hub located at 1470 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L 2A3 all day Tuesdays and Thursday mornings they get delivered each and every week.

Our weekly logistics work as follows:

Tuesday and Wednesday’s sandwiches made by local area Club Sandwich members get dropped into a contactless bin and moved into a walk-in cooler. Those same onsite volunteers on Tuesdays prepare sandwiches with ingredients purchased via donated monetary funds. On Thursdays at 11am all of the sandwich donations are sorted and volunteer drivers deliver them to up-to 10 local area missions.

Our weekly sandwich drive currently supports Toronto area charities including Good Shepherd Ministries, St. John the Compassionate Mission, Danforth Church, Fontbonne Ministries Mustard Seed, St. Luke’s United Church, Bethany Baptist Church, Eastview Community Centre Senior’s Outreach Programming, CFTO, South Riverdale Community Centre and more being added when we can sustainably guarantee a weekly delivery to each.

Thank you for helping ‘sandwich’ the meal gap for the homeless and the food insecure.

🥪 = ❤️

 

Club Sandwich

33 thoughts on “Club Sandwich

  • 13 May 2021 at 12:09 pm
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    I love the down-to-earth, grassroots nature of Club Sandwich…just people helping people, neighbours helping neighbours. Awesome initiative of giving during hard times.

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  • 13 May 2021 at 2:03 pm
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    Thank you all for what you do!

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  • 13 May 2021 at 8:14 pm
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    I strongly believe in paying it forward because you never know if you will be on the receiving end

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  • 13 May 2021 at 9:01 pm
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    I believe paying it forward when you are fortunate because you never know where life may take you or you maybe on the receiving end

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  • 14 May 2021 at 9:40 am
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    Darryl you are an inspiration. Keep up your hard work!

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  • 18 May 2021 at 10:57 am
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    Absolutely amazing to watch this organization grow!

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  • 19 May 2021 at 4:21 pm
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    Can’t make sandwiches this week but want to donate. Thanks club sandwich!

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  • 26 May 2021 at 12:26 pm
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    Darryl, I’m in awe of what you have accomplished with Club Sandwich.

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  • 26 May 2021 at 5:13 pm
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    Love this initiative, such a simple, kind way to support the community

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  • 28 May 2021 at 12:46 pm
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    Donation from plant sale.

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  • 30 May 2021 at 11:43 am
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    I have been donating the same amount every month almost since the start of this project. Due to covid I am unable to return to Toronto at this time. If I can’t be there to make sandwiches, I can help others to do it! This is just such an amazing coming together of people helping people and I am so happy to be a part in it all.

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  • 9 November 2021 at 2:27 pm
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    I plan to keep making sandwiches when time allows but my schedule has gone crazy. I hope a weekly contribution can help keep the sandwich train running.

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  • 10 November 2021 at 8:42 am
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    Inspired by the community coming together to help those less fortunate, supporting our neighbours with kindness and dignity.

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  • 10 November 2021 at 12:16 pm
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    I’m here because of Darryl Nielsen!

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  • 10 November 2021 at 1:53 pm
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    It’s important that we support our own community, knowing that there are so many individuals and families in need. Darryl, you are an inspiration. Happy to support Club Sandwich.

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  • 10 November 2021 at 3:22 pm
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    Fantastic what you are doing, Daryl!

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  • 10 November 2021 at 8:47 pm
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    Amazing work sandwich club!

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  • 10 November 2021 at 10:01 pm
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    Happy birthday Darryl!

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  • 11 November 2021 at 2:42 pm
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    Happy birthday, Darryl! Great work!

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  • 14 December 2021 at 8:40 pm
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    I had a conversation with a dear friend whom makes sandwiches and is so passionate to do so.
    I live a little distance but want to make a difference.
    Bless all of you xo

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  • 8 June 2022 at 6:13 pm
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    Have a great event tonight. Sorry I cannot make it.

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  • 29 December 2022 at 6:54 pm
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    So proud to be a part of this community – we don’t make sandwiches as much as we used to so I wanted to also contribute here! Keep it up!!

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  • 10 June 2023 at 9:04 am
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    On behalf of Evan Silver’s bar mitzvah

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  • 22 March 2024 at 10:20 am
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    A very worthwhile charity, neighbours helping neighbours, especially when 100% of donations goes to purchase food.

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  • 5 August 2024 at 12:36 pm
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    SITE Sociable! Think Tank Sponsorship

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  • 5 August 2024 at 2:00 pm
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    It is a real honor to be able to help communities around the globe

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  • 14 August 2024 at 9:06 am
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    New York City Tourism + Conventions donation

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  • 10 October 2024 at 10:25 am
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    In memory of Jean Wilkinson, beloved sister of one of your volunteers, Jacqui.

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  • 9 November 2024 at 12:42 pm
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    Love your commitment to the community

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  • 11 November 2024 at 3:11 pm
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    For the good work everyone is doing

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  • 9 December 2024 at 10:19 am
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    I want to support the great work being done by great people that directly impacts our neighborhood.

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