On January 24, 2026, 19 residents of Timmins, Ontario, participated in a community yoga fundraiser to help local families gain access to healthy meals. The event raised money for the Anti-Hunger Coalition Timmins (ACT), a volunteer-driven charity that runs several programs to address rising grocery costs in the region.
The money from the session will help pay for ACT’s newest projects, including its teaching kitchen and community gardens in Timmins and South Porcupine. These initiatives focus on food literacy—teaching people how to cook and grow their own food—in addition to the organization’s existing food distribution work.
According to ACT’s program descriptions, the group runs initiatives that make fresh produce more affordable, such as the Good Food Box. The Daily Press has reported that the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board invested $418,000 toward ACT’s new teaching kitchen (ACT and other funders brought total installation costs to roughly $566,000). New data from PROOF shows that in 2024 about 25.5% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household—roughly one in four people—underscoring the local need for food-security programs.
Organizers thanked the volunteers who made the yoga class possible and are asking for more community members to help with future events. ACT’s next major fundraiser is the Coldest Night of the Year walk, scheduled for February 28, 2026.
