Support #Toonies4Tummies at Metro Grocery Stores!

There are a multiple of ways to support Toonies for Tummies in 2016: Shop at participating retailers, like Metro Ontario grocery stores between ...

There are a multiple of ways to support Toonies for Tummies in 2016:

  • Shop at participating retailers, like Metro Ontario grocery stores between February 4 and 18, look for our sponsor brands.
  • Donate $2.00 at the cash.
  • Donate online and track your donation at TooniesforTummies.ca
  • Share your support! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. Then tell your friends and family about the need and impact student nutritional programs in Ontario schools has on the 1 in 6 children who come to school hungry!

It only takes a Toonie to fill a Tummy! Thank you for helping us help the approximately 800,000 school-aged kids in Ontario who use the 4,500 nutritional programs across Ontario.

100% of the donations made during the #Toonies4Tummies program remain in YOUR community!

From February 4-18, 2016, donate two dollars at the till and support a local school breakfast program You’ll also receive a coupon booklet worth two dollars in Selection and Irresistibles products.

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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.