Can you survive on three days of food for one week?

TORONTO, Ont. - In an effort to highlight the problems of some of the less fortunate people in Toronto, one food bank has issued a challenge -- survive a week on only three days of food.

For many of the single people at the Stop Community Food Centre, three bags of food, with four eggs, cans of beans and fish and a few handfuls of rice seems enough.

However, when City Councillor Joe Mihevc, with his daughter, Catherine, stepped up to the challenge, he realized how much he'll need to stretch that food.

To feed a family of four for a week, Mihevc received a bag of rice, two slim cartons of milk, a few cans of beans, a couple of chocolate bars, fruit roll ups, and 12 eggs, among other things.

"This is going to run out pretty quick, I think," Mihevc said. "I don't know how parents do it."

Nick Saul, with the food centre, told 680News that's a reality for many, who only get $590 in social aid a month.

"Three hundred and fifty [dollars] of that would have to go to housing, and the rest of that would be for your personal needs," Saul said.

He said parents have to make unthinkable decisions.

"What am I going to do with my kids, am I going to send them to school with lunch or not? Am I going to miss a few meals?," he added.

Saul said he wants the province to chip in an extra $100.

Mihevc's daughter said even her young friends are paying attention. "So together, maybe we can make some sort of change," she said.