This year, the annual Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign runs from September 14 - 20 in participating Restaurants across Canada. During the campaign, guests can enjoy a freshly baked chocolate chunk Smile Cookie for $1, plus applicable taxes, and the Tim Hortons restaurant owners will donate the full $1 from each cookie sold back to [...]
Brant Food For Thought is grateful to the many individuals and organizations for their ongoing efforts in helping us to support students and families during this unprecedented time. Now more than ever, we need to ensure that students have access to nutritious foods to help them learn and succeed from home. A project of this [...]
In light of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing recommendations being placed on us by the Province and Public Health officials, Brant Food For Thought has taken measures to protect the health and safety of their employees, Board members and community partners. Although the Brant Food For Thought office is closed to the public [...]
The Great Grain Race is over and what a race it was! We had 14 schools compete and together they collected 907 items which translates to 250.71 kgs of grain items with an estimated value of over $2,000.00 for their student nutrition programs! THANK YOU to everyone that participated to help make The Great Grain [...]
During the month of March, dietitians across Canada are celebrating Nutrition Month. And this year’s theme is More Than Food. Healthy eating is so much more than about food—it’s not only what we eat that matters, but how we eat that is important too. Who doesn’t love food! It has the potential to enhance lives [...]
Take the #ToonieChallenge this February. One toonie. That’s all it takes to fill a tummy with a healthy meal. Since 2014, the annual Grocery Foundation Toonies For Tummies fundraising campaign, administered through Student Nutrition Ontario, locally has raised $61,350 for Brant Food For Thought and local universal student nutrition programs. And it’s all because of [...]
Ready, set, go!! And they’re off – participants in the second annual Brant Food For Thought “Great Grain Race” are up for the challenge. During February, participating school-based student nutrition programs will ‘race’ to collect as many Ministry approved whole grain products as they can for their program! Prizes will be awarded to the top [...]
For Extend Communications President, Scott Lyons, everything they do as a company is about building people up and growing them towards their dreams. In fact, that’s their new company Vision - To Extend our People, our Clients, and our Community, from where they are today to where they Dream to be.
From now until December 24th, the annual Holiday Gift Wrap Booth is in full swing at the Lynden Park Mall. Check our new promotional video! Located next to Santa, program volunteers are busy wrapping gifts with proceeds supporting Brant Food For Thought and local universal student nutrition programs. “It’s a win-win for the organization and [...]
Pictured above (L to R): Shelley Callander, VP Jean Vanier Catholic Elementary School; Liz Lymburner, EA; Nancy Waldschmidt, Community Development Coordinator, Brant Food For Thought; Deb Noonan, EA; Julie Phee, EA; Chloe Costa, Breakfast Club of Canada; and Dan Pace, Principal, Jean Vanier CES. Breakfast Club of Canada (BCC) a national charity supporting [...]
