At Snyder’s Sweet Corn, we are humbled to be able to feed our community.
We consider it a privilege to do so and desire to build into the lives of others.
We feel called to support organizations that meet our FEED & SERVE guidelines each season.
Being good stewards of all of our resources is something we truly hope to instill in future generations of our family and yours.
Since 2012, we have partnered with the Hamilton Food Share to distribute fresh corn throughout the region. At the end of each selling day, we bag up the remainder of the corn from that day to be picked up by the Food Share 2 times a week. To date, it has been our privilege to have shared over 21205 Snyder Dozen with those with limited access to fresh corn!!
We also distribute corn coupons to our 4 local food banks to be distributed at the beginning of each season to their clients. This gives opportunity for all of our valued customers to purchase corn from our stands when they would like to serve it to their families!
At Snyder’s Sweet Corn, we recognize and support the people that have done so much to serve and protect our communities. We are committed to donating corn to the following organizations’ fundraising events and we hope that you will attend one of them this summer!
Fisherville Fire Dept. – Annual Wing Ding & Corn Roast
Selkirk Fire Dept. – Annual Fish Fry & Corn Roast
Canfield Fire Dept. – Annual Pig & Corn Roast
Caledonia Legion – Chicken & Corn Dinner
Hagersville Legion – Summer Corn Roast
Stoney Creek Legion – Summer Corn Roast
Hagersville Lions – Summer’s End Festival
At Snyder’s Sweet Corn, we understand how valuable each and every member of our team is in providing an exceptional product and experience and we recognize their hard work and compensate fairly for this effort. We are also fully devoted to supporting those experiencing food insecurity in our greater communities and want to be a company who encourages that in the youth that work alongside us each season.
Over the years we have struggled with how to fairly distribute any extra monies received from our awesome customers. It can be very challenging to define who these extra monies get distributed to as there are many people working hard both behind the scenes and at the stand. Through the seasons we have discovered that when these amounts are distributed equally to those working each day they don’t amount to very much, but if we collectively allow them to accumulate, their sum can truly make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.
Our crew supports that any money given at the stand in excess of the sales will be considered a donation and set aside to be donated at the end of each season on their behalf. Our family farm will commit to matching this amount and at the end of the season the donation will be made on behalf of our Corny Crew!
541 Eatery & Exchange on Barton Street in Hamilton was once again the recipient of our crews giving heart. A total of 1609 buttons were able to be purchased to be used to support those in need. Those buttons will be exchanged for warm meals in the coming weeks! That brings us to a total of over 2559 meals consumed since 2018!
Exploring our local communities and enjoying great food while building into the lives of others is what we LOVE about doing life together!
We are always looking for organizations that align with our FEED and SERVE vision and we are excited to share these wonderful group of locals who are working together to make a difference 🙂
We are excited to share 5 of our 2024 programs with you that we have chosen to support!
Please check out the work these local organizations are doing to FEED and SERVE in their communities and beyond!
541 Eatery & Exchange at www.fivefortyone.ca is a welcoming space for Connection, Community, and Good Food. 541 Eatery & Exchange is a non-profit pay-it-forward cafe working to help their neighbours overcome the impacts of isolation, poverty, and injustice by cultivating a community of mutuality around the table.
Riversyde 83 at www.riversyde83.ca with a mission is to build community, to share the joy and wonder of delectable eating, to appreciate the bounty of our county, and to promote health and wellness all while making a difference right in their local area. Riversyde 83 is a gathering place where food, friends, and well-being converge.
Third Space Cafe at www.thirdspaceonqueen.ca is a cafe for the community, serving ethically-sourced and locally-produced coffee and tea-based beverages, food, and handmade goods & artwork to fund our community outreach programming. They prioritize social change and compassion above profits and strive to provide a community space that is welcoming for all.
Three Oaks Cabin at www.threeoakscabin.com provides a quiet cabin where farmers & first responders can find refuge from stress and anxiety. If others can be blessed in this way, our ashes will contain beauty and our ruins offer hope; and that will be our joy and healing.
Niagara Christian Gleaners at www.niagaragleaners.org utilize surplus produce from around the Niagara peninsula to feed hungry people in our broader communities worldwide. An army of volunteers work together each weekday morning to process, dehydrate, package and make it readily available to be shipped by organizations who can get it into the bellies of food insecure families across the globe!
