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Food banks: What they need, what they don't Do you want to donate goods to your local food bank? Here's a list of items that shelters and food bank clients need most. If you  want to donate to fight hunger, remember that it’s always best to check what local food banks need. (Many food banks have wish lists on their websites.) You don’t want to burden food banks with goods that take up space and aren’t a good fit. When Spreading Salam, a group created to help kids help others, first started sharing food with those in need, they were politely told that what they were offering was not t...

Kid volunteers: Raising children who give back Your kids are making their wish lists and coveting stuff, and the true spirit of the holidays is being usurped by the toy catalogue. Are you inadvertently raising little consumers who constantly compare what they have and don’t have? Here’s how to teach them empathy and the value of giving back. For the last couple of years, Toronto mom Salma Syed and her kids, Maarya, 12, Ibraheem, eight, and Sameeha, six, have been part of Spreading Salam, a group created to help kids volunteer and give back. The kid volunteers socialize a bit with thei...