The University of Guelph says its chefs are preparing 500 meals a day to help feed the city’s most vulnerable residents during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The school is working with The SEED, a not-for-profit organization at the Guelph Community Health Centre, on its Emergency Food Home Delivery Program. “It seemed like the perfect match for the university,” said Ed Townsley, the university’s executive director of hospitality services.
He said the university has the capacity to participate in the program because most of the campus restaurants are now closed due to COVID-19.
The meals are being prepared and frozen daily before being picked up by The SEED for delivery to homes. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest