food bank abbreviation dbfb type non denominational canadian charity organisation legal status active purpose advocate and public voice educator and network headquarters toronto ontario location toronto ontario region served toronto ontario canada official language english french website official website the daily bread food bank dbfb is a non denominational canadian charity organisation that strives to end hunger in urban communities . the organisation is based in toronto ontario and feeds thousands of low income people a year . they also provide valuable resources to the same demographic in order to find them financial assistance and support when needed . the daily bread food bank is the largest food bank in canada and was founded in 1983 . 1 80 % of donations come from big companies while the remaining 20 % comes from the general public . 2 the food bank works mostly on public donations and donations from food companies which are especially solicited around christmas easter and thanksgiving . contents 1 events 1.1 hohoto 2 references 3 external links events edit every year daily bread is the beneficiary of hundreds of events and drives throughout the city organized by thousands of volunteers . 3 hohoto edit hohoto called the party that twitter built 4 was one of the largest third party community events in support of daily bread . from 2008 it has been organized by toronto s media and technology community as a party fundraiser and held each mid december at the virgin mobile mod club . the event has raised over 250 000 for the daily bread in the last five years as well as four tonnes of food . 5 hohoto has been cited as an example of social action by twitter co founder biz stone boingboing co founder cory doctorow 6 queen rania of jordan 7 and was referenced as a case study in a business book . 8 references edit canadian registered charities . canada revenue agency . retrieved 16 april 2012 . stoffman judy 2006 10 01 . telus rings in with help for daily bread . toronto star . retrieved 6 december 2008 . daily bread food bank . get involved . retrieved 2013 12 17 . city of toronto . toronto festivals and events calendar hohoto . retrieved 2013 12 17 . hohoto . about hohoto . retrieved 2013 12 17 . hohoto . about hohoto . retrieved 2013 12 17 . ismail rahim 2013 12 17 . queen rania hearts toronto twitterati . blogto . toronto on tim shore . retrieved 2013 12 17 . czikk joseph 2013 11 25 . hohoto holiday bash returns to toronto . betakit . toronto on financial post . retrieved 2013 12 17 . external links edit official website torontopedia.ca daily bread food bank 1 this article about an organization in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this toronto related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title daily bread food bank & oldid 713207340 categories companies established in 1984food banks in canadaorganizations based in torontoreligious organizations based in canadacanadian organization stubstoronto stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 april 2016 at 16 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view