Food Banks Canada

Starve The Hunger

Campaign

Digital

OOH

Social

TV

A child in a swimsuit playfully jumps with a water spray in a backyard, surrounded by toys and greenery.

With food insecurity numbers in Canada increasing year over year to double digits, we had reached a level of crisis that could no longer afford passive dialogue. Rather than feeding hunger, we invited Canadians to starve it. To start a food movement in Canada, we had to bring the enemy to life. We used personification in an unexpected and visceral fashion anchoring a National movement.

With food insecurity numbers in Canada increasing year over year to double digits, we had reached a level of crisis that could no longer afford passive dialogue. Rather than feeding hunger, we invited Canadians to starve it. To start a food movement in Canada, we had to bring the enemy to life. We used personification in an unexpected and visceral fashion anchoring a National movement.

Starve the Hunger

Starve the Hunger

Starve the Hunger

In this branded film, we showed the increasingly serious impacts of food insecurity, and, of course, the incredible change that awaits if we can solve this societal problem. The film isn’t unrealistic, rather it ends by showing that hunger will continue to rob people of life’s richness if we don’t defeat the enemy for good. The campaign led to starvethehunger.ca – a website that dives into the issue and highlights all of the work Food Banks Canada is doing to end food insecurity. Our message was supported by a full 360 media plan, launching Thanksgiving weekend and running nationally into the holidays. A time of year when many feel the most dramatic impacts of being food insecure.

RESULTS

+34 M

EARNED MEDIA IMPRESSIONS

RESULTS

+220%

INCREASE IN WEB CLICK THROUGHS

RESULTS

+530%

Above industry VCR standard

RESULTS

+34 M

EARNED MEDIA IMPRESSIONS

RESULTS

+220%

INCREASE IN WEB CLICK THROUGHS

RESULTS

+530%

Above industry VCR standard

RESULTS

+34 M

EARNED MEDIA IMPRESSIONS

RESULTS

+220%

INCREASE IN WEB CLICK THROUGHS

RESULTS

+530%

Above industry VCR standard

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