Meal Exchange is a national student-founded, youth-driven, registered charity organized to address local hunger by mobilizing the talent and passion of students. Since 1993, our programmes have been run on over 50 campuses across Canada and generated over $2.4 million worth of food or 960,000 meals to address local hunger.

For a brief overview of Meal Exchange download this two page fact sheet:  AboutMealExchange.

Our Mission: Addressing hunger through student solutions.

Our Vision: To help eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty by engaging tomorrow's leaders, today.

Meal Exchange's Approach

Meal Exchange is organized exclusively for charitable purposes with aims and objectives to:

• DONATE food to registered charitable organizations and those in need.
• EDUCATE students about the root causes of hunger.
• CREATE and involve students in volunteer opportunities with not-for-profit organizations that address hunger and hunger-related issues.
• IDENTIFY and implement student solutions to hunger.

• Inclusion - we strive to include all students, community members and partners who are interested in food security and making an impact on local hunger. We do not seek specific types of volunteers, rather we aim to aid individuals in reaching their full capacities.
• Flexibility - Meal Exchange acts as a vehicle for change that promotes each campus' individual creativity and innovation to ensure core programmes are fulfilled in a manner that is unique to the needs of the community in which they live.
• Engagement - our core programmes work to engage citizen leaders through opportunities that work with the strengths and capacities of students to address local hunger issues.
• Leadership Development - our mission fosters the development of social entrepreneurs and leaders who are working to create long term solutions as well as awareness-raising campaigns for food insecurity in Canada.