From How To Loose a Guy to How to Support Student Nutrition

Showing a moving "How to Loose a Guy in Ten Days" may not seem too out of the norm at a high school, especially when it's on Valentine's Day. But in the case of Emma Harris, a student from Bowmanville a 'simple' movie screening was out of the question.

Showing a moving "How to Loose a Guy in Ten Days" may not seem too out of the norm at a high school, especially when it's on Valentine's Day. But in the case of Emma Harris, a student from Bowmanville a 'simple' movie screening was out of the question.

Emma, an Agents of Change student ambassador for The Grocery Foundation's Toonies for Tummies campaign, saw Valentine's as a timely opportunity to gather her fellow classmates to raise money for Toonies for Tummies, and in so doing raising nearly $1,000.

"I wanted to do something that the students would really want to be involved in", says Emma who posted an online survey that led her down the path of a movie screening. Working with her school SNP partner and fellow classmates, she also arranged for flowers, snacks and popcorn to make the movie fundraiser a success, including with support from her local Metro, which is a retail partner in the campaign.

Emma was also successful in attracting the attention of her MPP, Granville Anderson, who attended her event and who plans on recognizing Emma's efforts and Queen's Park in the coming weeks.


Photo Credit: Carin Harris, EclecticSoapbox

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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.