Proper nutrition helps kids focus, participate in class and learn what they’re taught. A healthy breakfast is the best way to fuel hungry children’ minds, bodies and ambitions.
It all adds up—your toonie helps a hungry child start the day with a healthy meal. Breakfast is a vital part of a child’s daily nutrition, it supports their physical and emotional wellbeing helping them succeed in school and achieve a future full of potential. Help a hungry child in your community now.
YOUR DONATION COUNTS. AND 100% OF IT
MAKES IT’S WAY TO HUNGRY CHILDREN.
Every donation, whether it’s a toonie in store, feeding a child for a month or a year, 100% of your donation makes it's way to student nutrition programs.
As Many As 1 IN 3
at risk of going to school hungry
Source: The Impact of the Coronavirus on Child Food Insecurity in Canada, Breakfast Club of Canada
1M+
Kids in Western Canada, Ontario and Atlantic Canada have daily access to student nutrition programs
Over 3,000
Number of student nutrition programs in Western Canada, Ontario and Atlantic Canada that we currently support
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We are so grateful to Canadians who support Toonies for Tummies during our annual store campaign and, year-round, online.
You may know on April 16th, the Federal Government confirmed plans to support student nutrition programs. Specifically, the budget has announced the creation of a National School Food Program, which will provide $1 billion over five years to Employment and Social Development Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada, starting in 2024‑25.
You may wonder what does this government funding mean specific to the need and our efforts to fundraise?
Without a doubt, we continue to need your support. While many student nutrition program leaders are encouraged by the incremental government support, many have taken to the news and social media to confirm even with this support, funding gaps will persist.
The Grocery Foundation's Vision, that no Canadian child goes to school hungry, remains fully intact. Our work continues and remains vital to support hungry children through their school’s student nutrition program. There is no change whatsoever in our focus, our mission, or our reliance on your support.
The programs we help fund are universal in nature. That means all children who require a healthy meal have access. Those on the front lines of these programs affirm their positive impact and positive halo beyond the day’s nutrition, from attendance, behaviours to the school community and mental health. The programs you help fund also support foundational nutrition knowledge and social skill building, as many programs include mechanisms for student involvement in menu planning, food preparation and serving of food to peers.
Thank you for choosing to support hungry children in your community, nourishing their health, well-being, academic success while fostering their school community. With your continued support, we will continue to help dreams take flight and nourish over 3,000 programs and neighbourhoods, yours among them.