RCOM donates $500 gift card donations to The Compass Food Bank and Outreach Centre! 
 
Letter to RCOM from John W. Nyholt, Board Chair, The Compass
 
I wanted to reach out and personally thank you for the generous donation to The Compass Food
Bank & Outreach Centre on behalf of the Rotary Club of Mississauga. The $500 in Square One
Mall gift cards that Lorraine Crow and Andrew delivered to us will really help our clients in need of clothes
and other things they are unable to afford. Our Client Services department will distribute these
to those most in need.

We continue to be challenged with a significant increase in demand for our food bank services
month after month. Our clients are facing serious economic pressures, with increasing costs of
food, rent and other day-to-day expenses. One in 13 people living in Mississauga are using the
services of a food bank to put food on their tables. Five years ago, it was 1 in 37.

We are extremely grateful for you thinking of us – gifts such as this allow us to continue to do the
work we do to service our growing number of neighbours experiencing food insecurity and
homelessness in south Mississauga.

With sincere gratitude,
John W. Nyholt, Board Chair
The Compass