Hours of Operation
Takeaway Meals Served
Monday-Friday 11:30-12:30 pm
Donations
Monday-Thursday 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-3:00 pm
Friday 9:00-11:00 am
Saturday 9:00-12:00 pm.
Feeding Others of Dartmouth (F.O.O.D.) Society is a registered charity whose mission is to provide free home-cooked meals to adults in need within the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Notices
Latest Wish List
- New 24 or 38 oz. takeaway containers (Paper Plus, Costco)
- Bottled water
- Small juice boxes
- Fresh fruit
- Fruit/pudding cups
- Desserts (any kind)
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Canned milk
- Granola bars
- Instant rice
- Margarine squares
- Canned beef gravy
- Chunky soup or ravioli
- Ground coffee for perking
- Zipper-type sandwich bags (medium)
- Disposable cutlery
Please feel free to share widely!
Our donation drop-off times are:
Monday-Thursday 9:00-11:00 am and 1:00-3:00 pm
Friday 9:00-11:00 am
Saturday 9:00-12:00 pm.
Support for Margaret’s House in 2024/2025 has been phenomenal!
From the youngsters who donated some of their Christmas money, to large corporate donors and everything in between, we feel blessed. To churches, individuals, groups and businesses who held food drives, shopped our Needs list, cooked and baked, knitted warm things, checked in weekly for our donation priorities, dropped off new takeaway containers, and made financial donations … we are ever thankful. It does take a caring and committed community to help this organization function as it has for 30+ years, and we live in an exceptional one. Thanks to all and hope your support continues throughout 2025!
Recent acts of giving …
Tim Hortons Smile Cookies
There were broad smiles when Tim Horton’s Cole Harbour franchisee Christy delivered 250 extra Smile cookies for our guests! When the camp fundraising campaign ended, Christy learned that their location took the most cookie sales award for the sixth year in a row.
Dartmouth Food Crawl
It was another successful Downtown Dartmouth Food Crawl in May! On the menu was Todd’s renowned seafood chowder with shrimp, salmon, haddock and sweet potato, rolls and piping hot coffee. Over $400 was contributed to Margaret’s House by donation. Special thanks to the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission for their digital technology and to Feed Nova Scotia for all of the chowder ingredients. Thank you for your support, Dartmouth.
Community Support
What an incredible community of supporters we have at Margaret’s House! Here are just some of the meals and desserts guests enjoyed in June.
100 Women Who Care HFX
Margaret’s House was so excited to learn that we’ve been selected by 100 Women Who Care Halifax to receive a generous contribution from this very charitable group! The donation allows us to purchase a commercial convection oven and induction cooktop in order to prepare meals more efficiently. Pictured is Coordinator Karen Goudie, flanked by the group’s Co-Chairs Cheryl Cook and Shivani Madhavan. Thank you, thank you! Our thanks also to Cheryl for creating this Margaret’s House tour video.
The Ryan Family
The Ryan Family has honoured the memory of their parents Bob and Patsy Ryan and sister Mary Lou Ryan Dumas for the past 16 years at Margaret’s House!
Family members forego Christmas gifts to each other and instead selflessly turn what would have been spent into something wonderful for those in need. This year they sponsored 100 meals from The Hungry Hut (donairs and foot-long sub sandwiches) along with 100 Tim Horton’s cards for our guests to enjoy!
We’re very grateful to these long-time supporters who so demonstrably treasure the memory of their parents and sister and always remember our deserving guests. Here are family members Ethel Jack, Nora and Cyril Muise with Coordinator Karen and Hungry Hut owner Sam.
Advent Backpack Project
For the 21st year in a row, Divine Mercy Parish organized assembly of 150 new backpacks for our guests in need this Christmas.
Inside were new blankets, personal care and comfort items, all donated by the caring parishioners at St. Clement, St. John XXIII and St. Andrew’s.
We deeply appreciate Deacon Gordon’s leadership, the parishioners who contributed, the volunteers who brought it all together, and those who loaded vehicles and passed these gifts out to our happy, grateful guests!
Treats from Ol’ School Donuts
To everyone’s delight, Linda and Neville from Ol’ School Donuts were onsite to hand out fresh, custom-made donuts to our guests.
These mouth-watering treats were served with help from our volunteer Ginny and coordinator Karen.
Owen’s Food Drive
For many years, race car driver Owen Mahar of DM Motorsports has given back to his community. He organized a food drive asking his fans and supporters to donate goods for those in need, and we were pleased to welcome him back in 2024. Thanks to Owen and Steele Volkswagen for making this happen! Here are Patty, Coordinator Karen, Kayleigh and Owen with their vehicle packed to the roof.
Atlantic Wealth Management
Guests enjoyed a special lunch treat on Christmas Eve, courtesy of our friends at Atlantic Wealth Management! The company generously sponsored 100 meals from The Hungry Hut that included donairs and large cold cut subs. It’s the seventh time AWM has reached out to support the Margaret’s House community. Volunteers Patty and Rita are pictured with Sam from The Hungry Hut.
An Amazing Group
Margaret’s House welcomed an amazing group to the kitchen. The consumer goods packaging company brought together a team of 18 from the four Atlantic provinces to lend a hand to our charity kitchen.
These exceptionally cheerful and enthusiastic people were put right to work! Some cooked eight pans of lasagna at Christ Church Hall, others assembled four new shelves for extra storage, and the rest donned their painting clothes to refresh two bathrooms, two rooms upstairs, a hallway, footwear shelf, upstairs trim, as well as out courtyard wrought iron fence tops.
The group purchased everything needed for these tasks, including shelving, paint and related supplies, and all of the ingredients for our guests to enjoy a real culinary treat. To top it all off, they made a very generous financial donation to Margaret’s House for which we were completely delighted. Our gratitude is immeasurable!
We are also grateful to Christ Church for allowing the group to take over the Hall kitchen to prepare the lasagna. It was a wonderful day all around!
