The Breakfast Club of Canada (BCC), in collaboration with Walmart Canada, broke its all-time fundraising record in 2021. This year’s campaign, which ran from September 28 to November 2 in Walmart Canada’s 400-plus stores and on its website, raised $4.1 million for school breakfast programs, including an $820,000 donation from Walmart Canada. The initiative helps […]
Canada’s largest food rescue organization, Second Harvest, and Value Chain Management International have released a new report titled “Canada’s Invisible Food Network”. The report found that there are over 61,000 non-profit organizations in Canada providing food at no or low cost to people in need, compared to the 15,344 grocery stores in this country. If you […]
On Tuesday, September 29, 146 golfers raised $40,000 in Flanagan Foodservice’s 32nd annual “We Care” Golf Tournament.
Patrisse Chan has introduced an online platform that allows consumers to send meals from local restaurants directly to frontline healthcare workers.
Press Release Since April 29, Uber has been putting its network of drivers to good use by having them deliver food to families in need on behalf of local community organizations. A total of 80,000 deliveries will make it possible for food bank items to be dropped off directly to the doorstep of families and children who […]
Press Release On Thursday, May 14 Walter Craft Caesar and Paul Mason, also known as Fashion Santa, are teaming up to celebrate National Caesar Day and raise funds for Canada’s largest food rescue charity, Second Harvest. The organization uses direct delivery and its FoodRescue.ca online donation platform to redistribute nutritious food from donors across Canada to […]
Press Release Charity Intelligence (CI) has released its 2019 Top 10 Canadian Impact Charities List and Moisson Montréal has been named one of Canada’s High Impact Charities. Charity Intelligence, a must-read for Canadians looking for impact in their giving, provides donors with an annual list of the top 10 highest-impact charities found in Canada, to […]
By Sophie Mir The emphasis on local, seasonal food has become de rigueur industry wide. What started as a trendy, nose-to-tail movement has been co-opted by giants like McDonald’s, which, amongst other things, touts its Canadian beef (from independent farmers, no less). It’s a good thing, but when everyone’s doing it, it ceases to differentiate […]
Press Release Nestlé Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the Nestlé for Healthier Kids initiative, which includes a two-year partnership with Food Banks Canada that will financially support the After the Bell Program and the expansion of the Food Explorers Cooking Club. “At Nestlé Canada, we care about the communities where we live […]
Press Release The Slices for Smiles program, which started on May 27th and is now in its 12th year, has returned with a twist. Pizza Pizza and Pizza 73’s Slices for Smiles Foundation is on a mission to personally deliver 10,000 slices of pizza to hospitals and local communities across the country in exchange for […]
