In New Brunswick, 20% of families experience food insecurity. Breakfast Clubs of Canada provides funding to schools to run school food programs. When schools closed in March 2020, an incredible pivot by and for our local community provided access to food in a safe, trauma informed way. Salem Elementary School Breakfast Club Program Coordinator Lindsay Cary shares the story of the impact school food had on families at the height of lockdowns and volunteers came together to ensure kids didn’t go hungry.
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- Breakfast Club of Canada
- Salem Elementary School
- Marshview Middle School
- Tantramar Regional High School
- Port Elgin Regional School
- Dorchester Consolidated School
- Middle Sackville Baptist Church
- J.E.A. Crake Foundation
- Sackville Community Association
- Community Foundations Canada
- Rotary Club of Sackville
- United Way of Greater Moncton
- Second Harvest
- Food Depot Alimentaire (FDA)
- Anglophone East School District
- Agriculture/Agrifood Canada
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)