Who's doing what in Frontenac County

Jeff Green | Mar 20, 2020

Services in South, Central and North Frontenac and Addington Highlands 

(This article is being updated on a continual basis)

A lot is happening as communities pull together to keep everyone safe in troubled times

South Frontenac Food Bank opens up to all who need help

This information came in from Southern Frontenac Community Services (SFCS) at 11:20am - Friday March 20.

The Grace Centre is open for essential services only with limited access. Please do not come the Grace Centre without calling first.

The following are the only available regular programs at SFCS: Hot or frozen meals on wheels, food bank, transportation (to medically necessary appointments only),  home making (to be determined on a case by case basis).

In response to COVID-19, these three new services are being offered

1) essential deliveries of food and medicine for house-bound clients of the agency.

2) The Food bank is now available to community members who are not clients but need assistance.

3) A telephone reassurance program for a daily “check-in” with seniors and clients.

4) Frozen meals on wheels will now be available to anyone who needs them,.

The Food Bank is locked for entry and all pickups will be on tables outside of the portables on the Grace Centre site at scheduled times.

All volunteer driers are being screened for health and have access to hand sanitiser and protective equipment.

The agency will be assessing heir services at the beginning of each week. To contact SFCS call 613-376-6477 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Verona Foodland sets up delivery for seniors, self isolated

Verona Foodland has made some important changes in order to respond to the COVID-19 reality. As of Monday, March 23, the store will have shortened hours, from 8am – 6pm Monday to Saturday and 9am-6pm on Sunday (LCBO hours are 9-6) , but it will also be open between 7am and 8am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for seniors onlym in order to provide a safer time to shop for a more vulnerable sector of the population.

“This is a really important time for our store,” said Clint Reid, who owns the store with his wife, Andrea. “There is a need in the community for our products, as everyone knows, and we need to keep our staff healthy as well.

The store is taking some extra measures, with help from community members, by offering delivery, just for senior’s people who are self isolating due to travel or an illness with COVID-19 like symptoms.

The delivery service is on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Fridays. Orders must be called in by noon on the day before delivery to 613-374-2112. Customers need to provide their name, address, phone number, and credit card information.

As well, just like all other liquor outlets in Ontario that collect bottles and cans for recycling, that service has been suspended until March 3st.

It has taken time to organise home delivery, in order to make is sustainable for as long as it is necessary. But one thing that has not been a problem is finding drivers.

“People approached, us, from the Verona Community Association, the Lion’s, and just individuals, asking if we are setting up delivery and offering to help. That’s the kind of community we live in,” said Reid.

There have been other signs of how people are reacting to what is going on. A man came it to the store last week and bought $1,000 worth of products, a wide range of essentials.

“The cashier asked him why he was buying so much, and he told her that although he lives locally, his elderly parents live out west, and he is going to be bringing the products that he bought to some of his elderly neighbours and dropping them off, hoping that someone is doing the same thing for his parents,” said Reid.

The store management also wants to remind all those who are returning to the community from the south that these systems are in place to enable them to get the products they need to remain safe while self isolating. Feel free to call a neighbour or the store to get the ball rolling.

(Delivery services are also available through Trousdales Foodland in Sydenham and Mike Dean's in Sharbot Lake

What's open/closed in Sharbot Lake

The following offices are closed to the public at the moment, but businesses can be contacted via email or phone (services are still available where indicated

 North Frontenac Telephone Company (service still available), Royal Bank (as of 3pm, Friday, March 20) Seeds Accounting (service still available), Sharbot Lake Chiropractic, Sharbot Lake Inn and Crossing Pub) Sharbot Lake Health and Wellness, Sharbot Lake Law Office (service still available - call 613-279-5297 – email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sharbot Lake Dental Centre

The following business are still open as usual

Amazing Dollar Store, Grays Grocery (call for special delivery service), Goodfellow's Flowers, Mike Dean’s Groceries (Special delivery service available) Petro-Canada, Ram ‘s Esso and Convenience Store, Pharmasave (special delivery service available) Sharbot Lake Home Hardware, Sharbot Lake Post Office, Sharbot Lake Veterinary Services, Rockhill B&B

The following are open with altered hours and service

Cardinal Café (6am-2pm Mon- Fri, takeout only) Mapes Restaurant (11am-7pm daily, take out only, call 613-279-3000) Seed to Sausage (Wed. to Sun, 10am-6pm, online ordering available or call 613-279-2455) Sharbot Lake Medical Centre (open for extreme cases, must call before entering clnic.)

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