The creation of “The Compass Cookbook” has been a labour of love from the start. It began a little over a year ago when a group of volunteers approached The Compass Food Bank wanting to create a book of recipes gathered from Compass Volunteers, Staff, Board Members and of course, the community. The result is a 168-page, spiral-bound bundle of fabulous, tasty recipes, information cooks would use, anecdotes and pure fun. The Cookbook Team did all the work themselves and poured over the initial book many, many times ensuring the final product is the best it can be.

This labour of love is being printed by Options Mississauga Print and Office Services. Options was chosen because The Compass is always looking for ways to support our community and printing through Options accomplishes this. Options operates as a social enterprise to help the people they support to realize their employment goals. This enterprise is a retail storefront in the Port Credit area of Mississauga. Options has the unique advantage of providing an inclusive community setting for individuals who have an intellectual disability to learn a variety of employment skills and gain experience working in a “real” business. It is an exciting and unique model with proven success – which has been in operation for over 25 years!

Proudly, and with so much gratefulness in our hearts to the team who created this masterpiece, we are now able to begin pre-selling The Compass Cookbook for you to purchase, It will make a great gift for yourself, for family and friends, it can be used as a big stocking stuffer, as a thank you to a business’ employees, for the person who delivers your mail, or for whoever you choose. You can also purchase cookbooks as a gift for our clients who are unable to buy one for themselves and we will see that they receive them.

Purchases can be made using the form on this page or by contacting The Compass to arrange for payment through e-transfer or cheque. Please contact fundraising@thecompass.ca prior to initiating an e-transfer or sending a cheque. In order to guarantee your cookbooks arrival by December 15th, please be sure to place your order no later than November 30th. Orders placed as of December 1st are not guaranteed for pre-Christmas delivery, however we will try our best.

Cookbooks must be ordered and paid for before Compass Volunteers can get your masterpiece ready.

The proceeds from The Compass Cookbook will be used to support programs that involve learning about buying and preparing healthy and nutritious food. 

Thank you for supporting The Compass Food Bank by purchasing a book that we know you will use and treasure for years to come.