It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of FEEDUARY already. With nine different in-person school visits and lots of social media activity the month flew by as we celebrated our Student Nutrition programs and the import role they play to #FuelTheFuture of our Halton students.  

Today we had the pleasure of hosting two program visits with guests from the community. The morning started at St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School in Burlington. This Healthy Food Bin program had volunteers help to pack bins with fresh fruit, granola bars and cheese slices before delivering them to the different classes in the school. Our guests included from MP Pam Damoff, MP Adam van Koeverden, from MP Gould’s Office Tala Barmada, HCDSB Trustee Trish Powell, and United Way Halton & Hamilton President & CEO Brad Park who were able to join volunteers in delivering the bins to the classrooms and be welcomed by the students looking forward to their nutritious snacks to help fuel their day ahead.  

After this visit the Halton Food for Thought team were joined at St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School by MPP Stephen Crawford, MPP Effie Triantafilopoulos, OTF Volunteer Sarbjeet Saini, HCDSB Superintendent Emi Bakaic and HFFT Board Chair Joanne Jones to announce recent funding the organization has received through the Ontario Trillium Foundation grant. In addition to this announcement, guests were able to tour the facility of St. Nicholas to see how they prepare their Health Food Bins and speak with the student who helps to ensure they are all delivered to classrooms each week.  

Thank you to St. Gabriel and St. Nicholas staff, students and volunteers for welcoming the community to your Student Nutrition Programs for FEEDUARY and shining a light on the importance of these programs in providing access to healthy meals and snacks for students!

To see a full list of our partners visit Our Work (haltonfoodforthought.com) and go to Our Partner Schools to see which schools are providing their students access to healthy meals and snacks at school.

There are different ways you can get involved to support our SNPs and Halton students – volunteer for a local program, share content on social media or donate. To learn more about how you can get involved visit our Take Action page (haltonfoodforthought.com) or you can donate directly to our Feeduary campaign  

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