Nourish Your Neighbourhood

100% of your donation will help feed the 1 in 3 children, in your neighbourhood, at risk of going to school on an empty stomach.

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"Learning cannot happen on an empty stomach. For many of our students not having to worry about food is a first step in their successful learning journey."Volunteer from Ottawa Network for Education
"The nutrition program is extremely valuable for our students, sometimes it is the only nutritious meal they will have in a day."Volunteer from school in Brampton, Ontario
"Food scarcity is a very present problem for our demographic of students. Many of our students come to school with hungry bellies. Being hungry distracts from learning and can lead to other behavioural and academic issues. Having access to filling and nutritious food and snacks allows these students to better participate throughout the day. A Toonie doesn’t seem like much but for many of our students, it’s the difference between eating or going hungry that day."Anonymous Volunteer
"Donations have significantly impacted our school's Student Nutrition Program, allowing us to go above and beyond in meeting the needs of our students and fostering a positive and nourishing environment."Breakfast Program Coordinator
"We have, on multiple occasions received phone calls from parents indicating that they have not sent their children to school because they do not have food to send with them, for lunch. Toonies for Tummies provides us with the funds needed to feed our hungry students."Anonymous Volunteer

Thank you for donating to our recent Toonies for Tummies campaign at your local grocery store.

When children return to school, 100% of donations will make their way to help nourish them.

Over $4,000,000 in donations for our 2024 campaign!

Nourish Hungry Children in Your Neighbourhood

Student nutrition programs exist across the country. They provide hungry children a nutritious breakfast without judgement. They are increasingly vital in Canadian communities and schools. Many of these programs are facing unprecedented pressures, including increases in daily participation, outpacing available funding, while many programs remain on funding waitlists. In the face of these challenges, your support helps them serve a balanced breakfast to hungry children in countless communities.

2024 Participating Sponsor Partners

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Thank you to our Toonies for Tummies sponsor partners. Their participation in this program means that 100% of your donation goes towards helping local student nutrition programs. Look for their products in store.

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100% of Your Donations Help Nourish Local Neighbourhoods

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Enter your postal code in the Search Box below. Scroll in and out to see the programs we currently fund. Over 3,000 of them and more are being added all the time with your support.

We work with Student Nutrition Program partners to ensure your donations benefit local programs in the vicinity of the grocery store in which the donation was made – we’re adding programs with each campaign!

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WE HELP FUND OVER 3,000 PROGRAMS IN ONTARIO, WESTERN CANADA AND ATLANTIC CANADA

Your donations are helping us fund more programs. This map is updated on a regular basis as more programs are funded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

100% of proceeds raised from Toonies stays local, helping either the Student Nutrition Ontario (SNO) in Ontario or Breakfast Club of Canada in Western Canada and in Atlantic Canada.

The Foundation works with our student nutrition partners, to identify eligible school-based student nutrition programs. These programs benefit from donations made in-store and online once the campaign ends.

The Toonie Tracker includes the programs that benefit at this time. The programs which receive funding continues to evolve. Once the campaign ends, we will identify a local program to receive funding. This program will be in the vicinity of the store (where the funds are collected). This may include a program that is currently on a wait list. Please also be sure to zoom out on the toonie tracker.

In light of Covid-19, stores will have different options available to shoppers beyond donating a toonie at the cash or self check out, where available. The Foundation accepts donations of $25 or more online which are eligible for a tax receipt.

We do not publish school names for privacy reasons.

No. But rest assured donations that are made in store will remain in the local community in the vicinity of the grocery store where the donation is made. For donations made online, we will make every best effort to have those donations benefit student nutrition programs in the region. For certain, donations made online will remain in the province associated with the online donation.

The criteria is determined by the organizations that administer the programs and is based on nutrition guidelines set by each respective province.

Email us at toonies@groceryfoundation.com

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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.