“When I go there, I don’t feel judged. I can access the healthy food that I need.” An innovative partnership South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) has been providing front line health services in Toronto’s east end for more than 40 years. This community faces higher than average rates of poverty and unemployment, and is home to many newcomer populations. SRCHC identified a need for better access to healthy, affordable food for vulnerable community members, especially seniors living alone and people living with physical disabilities. In 2017, SRCHC joined CFCC’s Good Food Organization network, and in 2019, expanded the partnership by establishing a Community Food Centre. As a leader in community health, SRCHC understood how food insecurity impacts a person’s physical, mental, and social well-being. In building a Community Food Centre, SRCHC was able to deepen support for their community to include empowering food programs grounded in SRCHC’s values of health equity, inclusion and respect.