Food bank every second to last Friday of the month, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
270 Victoria Street, Lac-Brome
450 242-2020, extension 319
Food bank by appointment, frozen meals, community meals.
https://www.cabcowansville.com/english-en
201 Principale Street, Cowansville
450 263-3758
The Olo program offers pregnant women living in a difficult socio-economic situation access to nutritional follow-up during pregnancy, including vouchers redeemable for food (eggs, milk, and frozen vegetables) and vitamin supplements, which are essential for the healthy development of the unborn baby.
www.fondationolo.ca/en
Application for remittance of funds. Select from the offers the ones in which you are interested. Purchase the specified product from the store of your choice, whether or not at a discount. Then take a picture of your invoice to collect your rebate, which will be sent to you as soon as you reach $20.
www.checkout51.com
Application to compare bargains. It allows you to make a list quickly using icons. The application then suggests the discounts for these categories. It also suggests coupons, which must be printed.
www.flipp.com
An application that helps you save money on fresh surplus food that has an expiration date coming up and needs to be disposed of at the retailer.
www.foodhero.com
Application and website. List of the flyers in your area. You can search by keywords.
www.reebee.com
An application that differs from other applications since it is not possible to flip through the flyer. Instead, you see the discounts separately. The selected items will be placed in the grocery list, by banners. Allows you to create alerts, if you want to be notified when your favourite items are on sale. Interesting function: suggests recipes and lets you know which ingredients are on sale to make it.
www.salewhale.ca
Website containing information, tools and anti-waste recipes
www.sauvetabouffe.org (Website in French Only)
Website allowing you to find inspiration with what you have left at home. You just have to add ingredients and Glouton will offer you suggestions from the recipes in stock.
www.glouton.ca/vide-frigo (Website in French Only)
Electronic coupons, to be printed or mailed at home.
www.websaver.ca
The collective kitchen is a small group of people who pool their time, money and skills to make, in four steps (planning, purchasing, cooking, and evaluation), economical, healthy and appetizing dishes that they take home.
Centre Lac-Brome
270 Victoria St., Lac-Brome
450 242-2020
To learn more about collective kitchens, visit the site of the regroupement des cuisines collectives du Québec.
www.rccq.org/fr/ (Website in French Only)
Help for people on social assistance and people living below the poverty line, group purchasing.
www.actionplusbm.org
450 293-2123
The community fridge is a new initiative at the Centre Lac-Brome where you can drop off your surplus fruits and vegetables or pick up the ones you need.
Claire Citeau
450-242-2020, # 306
claire.citeau@lacbrome.ca
People who wish to receive a Christmas Basket must complete a request form, which is available through the Lac-Brome Food Bank. Residents of West Bolton, Town of Lac-Brome and Brome are eligible. Two sizes of baskets are available depending on the number of dependents.
450 242-2020, extension 309
Directory of various businesses or organizations in the region offering food services to the population.
www.brome-missisquoi.ca/services-alimentaires/ (Website in French Only)