2025/2026

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Free Healthy Meals
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Cubic Feet Diverted from Landfill
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Winter Garments
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Social
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SIRCH Programs & Social Enterprises

If you’re in our area, please feel free to get involved with our programs, shop at our stores, donate produce from your garden and eat at our bistro/bakery.
If you aren’t near, but like what we do, you can purchase our online resources, donate to support us or simply connect with us to brainstorm around your particular issues.

Upcoming Events

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Volunteers

We Couldn't Do it Without You

"Without the help of these meals we wouldn’t be eating this week."

Community Kitchen Recipient

"My husband has cancer and with running to Kingston we couldn’t afford winter coats. Thank-you for helping us be ready for winter! "

Share The Warmth Recipient

"We see a lot of malnourished people, and having healthy meals from SIRCH is a blessing.  They keep people from starving … not just malnutrition, but starving!"

Volunteer Working With Homeless Individuals

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𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲...𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞!

A mountain of donated coats. A truck arriving to help get everything where it needs to go. Every helping hand means more warmth for a neighbour this winter.

Meet just a few of the people helping make it happen: Bethan, our Share the Warmth Coordinator, and Jake & Travis from Braun Custom Builds in Haliburton, who brought their truck over to help move coats to our giveaway locations. Thank you!

To everyone who donated winter gear, hosted a collection spot or volunteered to sort...you’ve helped turn community kindness into warmth.

𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇’𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬:

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍 Saturday, November 7
Minden Community Food Centre | 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐓 Saturday, November 7
Thrift Warehouse - Bancroft | 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 Sunday, November 8
SIRCH Bistro, 49 Maple Avenue | 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Please share and help that kindness reach someone who needs it.

#ShareTheWarmth #CommunityHelpingCommunity #SIRCHCommunityServices #Haliburton #Minden #BraunCustomBuilds
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨!

Introducing 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭...𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉. 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕.

Joanne has been busy turning generously donated produce into delicious preserves, and they now have a section of their own in the Bistro!

From dill carrots and zucchini relish to apple butter and apple rhubarb chutney, there’s something to brighten your plate or give as a thoughtful little gift.

Every jar helps support local food security. Your purchase brings something delicious home while helping care for neighbours in our community.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨!

📍 SIRCH Bistro | 49 Maple Avenue, Haliburton

#CommunityHarvest #SmallBatchBigImpact #SIRCHBistro #LocalFoodSecurity #Haliburton
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭

Thank you TechnicalitiesPlus for sharing the Lunch Is On Us event details! We look forward to seeing everyone there!SIRCH Community Services’s Lunch Is On Us starts again this Wednesday, Nov 4.

Every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm until the end of March, the Haliburton SIRCH Bistro serves soup, a hot homemade lunch, and coffee or tea, with local entertainment.

Last season, about 75 guests a week enjoyed 1,096 free lunches, helped along by 325 volunteer hours and 40 hours of music donated by local musicians. Come for the food, stay for the company.

Learn more: sirch.on.ca

#GiftsFromTheHeart #HaliburtonCounty #LunchIsOnUs #SIRCH #Community
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Thank you Technicali

Jolly Jog is back! Join us on Sunday, November 22 at 11 a.m. for a fun, festive walk or jog.

📍 Meet at the Haliburton Highlands Museum. Registration at 10 a.m.

All are welcome to this fun, festive event! Routes range from 1.5km to 5km and you can walk, jog or run! Get more information at www.dysartetal.ca/jollyjog
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Bistro & Bakery 705-457-1700

Thrift Warehouse Haliburton 705-457-5247

Thrift Warehouse Bancroft 844-847-4382

SIRCH Office 705-457-1742

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