The Bread

How We Started

• In March 2020, as the first COVID-19 lockdown took hold, Resilience Montreal Shelter put out a call for food items that could be served outside. 
• In response, our Founder organized a group of friends to make and deliver 300 sandwiches every week.
•  As the pandemic continued, other shelters around Montreal were also in dire need.  Staff shortages at shelters became acute, numbers of people needing the shelter services were rising and accommodation capacities of shelters were cut to meet Public Health distancing guidelines. 
• As a result, more and more clients had to be fed from the doors of the shelters or out on the streets by intervention workers.  Donations of fresh, nutritious food-to-go were desperately needed. 
• In September 2020, Bread and Beyond was established to respond to the ongoing crisis and provide daily delivery of large numbers of home-prepared sandwiches to shelters in Montreal using an expanded network of community volunteers and schools.