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Food4Kids provides backpacks of healthy food for kids with limited or no food during weekend periods and summer months

• food items are packed by volunteers and delivered to schools every Friday morning
• at the school, the food package is placed discreetly into the student's own backpack helping to shield the child from any stigma associated with hunger or receiving food assistance
• each child in the home receives their own food package
• programs are 100% funded by community donors and one-time grants

Partnership with Halton community and school boards working to improve the learning capacity, health and well being of children and youth via Student Nutrition Programs / universal access to healthy food at school

• programs include healthy meals and snacks served before or during the school day
• every elementary and/or secondary student within a Halton Food for Thought partner school is encouraged to participate

Distributes healthy food packages to more than 100 schools supporting more than 1,200 elementary school students in Halton

• food items are packed by volunteers and delivered to schools every Friday
• at the school, the food package is placed discreetly into the student's own backpack helping to shield the child from any stigma associated with hunger or receiving food assistance
• each child in the home receives their own food package

Good Neighbour Program

• free bread and baked goods donated by local grocery stores
• mobile food delivery services for seniors and persons with disabilities only

Kids Breakfast Club
Seniors Café -- breakfast, followed by light exercise and music therapy

Facilitates and oversees the operation of free programs for children and caregivers residing in the Mississauga communities of Forest Ridge and Arbour Mill and surrounding neighbourhoods


Child & Parent Resource Centres:

• Early Years program for preschool children under 6 years and their parents/guardians
• children must be accompanied by a caregiver
  
• Family Time drop-in programs, Tue 9 am-12 noon year round at Forest Ridge

Family Kitchen:

• for parents with children under 6 years
• food shopping tips, nutrition, meal planning, cooking skills and social eating skills for children
• children attend playgroup while parents cook, then parents and children come together for the meal
• Tue 9:30 am-12:30 pm
• preregistration required

The Audrey Pritchard Breakfast Clubs:

• nutritional breakfasts served at Forest Ridge and Arbour Mill locations
• weekdays during school year beginning 7 am
• lunches available to children in need

Multiservice agency

• community information and referrals
• counselling, anger management
• counselling for youth and young adults
• employment assistance including resume/cover letter preparation, job search
• social housing application assistance
• year round income tax clinic
• leadership skills development
• children's breakfast club (on and off site)
• outreach
• workshops for women and youth
• social and recreation activities, including children's book club and youth homework club

Electricity bill support assistance: lead intake agency for Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) through Ontario Energy Board (OEB)

• pre-screening required, qualifying residents receive appointment to complete the application process
• access centre for Ontario Electricity Support Program: assistance with applications

Food, clothing, and toy distribution: for new immigrants, refugees and Ontario Works recipients

• intake assessment required
• annual Christmas toy distribution application deadline October 15

Newcomer Information Services

• information and referrals, including immigration, employment and community services
• counselling
• some form filling assistance
• access to computers

Ensures that children and youth in need have access to a healthy breakfast in a safe, supervised environment, helping them to start their school day.

• morning meal program for school age children
• emergency 2 day food support provided

• preschool programs
• youth programs
• summer day camp

• free or low cost recreation activities for families
• seasonal community events
• referrals and advocacy

A partnership of community agencies and community members that supports and facilitates local student nutrition programs for children and youth in Hamilton. Provides information on starting a nutrition program.

Provides packages of healthy food for children with limited or no access to food on weekends or during the summer months.

Weekends Without Hunger - Participants aged 4-18 years are referred by schools aware of students with limited access to food in their homes. Food packages are tucked discreetly into children's backpacks. Food bags are filled with healthy food items, including 5 fresh fruit items.

Summer Feeding Program - Through July and August, all students registered in the program receive grocery store gift cards through the mail at their homes on a bi-weekly basis.

On school days, Keep Kids Fed At School (formerly Food & Friends) provides breakfast, snack, and lunch programs for local students in Dufferin, Wellington County, and Guelph. Through socially inclusive student nutrition programs, nutritious food is provided to help improve their physical and mental well-being.

To bridge the school weekend gap, Keep Kids Fed At Home (formerly Food4Kids Guelph) provides take-home food packages to severely food insecure children in Guelph. During school holidays, the program provides these children/families with grocery gift cards to help them buy food.

• EarlyON prenatal and infant groups
• EarlyON parent and child drop-in
• EarlyON kindergarten readiness and early literacy groups
• Workshop Wednesdays
• school age - after school programs
• Breakfast Club - Mon-Fri mornings
• day camps - Summer and March Break
• teen drop-in programs
• community model of learning English
• leadership development
• programs provided by partner agencies include job search, health promotion, violence prevention
• community garden, must live within the community

Programs and services are offered at different locations

• breakfast clubs
• after school clubs
• parent support and education
• March Break and summer day camp
• leadership training
• Rexpression-Media Arts program
• youth basketball and recreational programs
• youth mentorship
• special events

• nutritious snack program
• literacy, numeracy and school readiness
• play and socialization
• child development information and support
• online videos, including sing along, early literacy, art activities, STEM, snack and cooking, and physical fitness

• children's breakfast club
• homework help
• workshops and seminars
• leadership development, peer tutors program
• summer day camp
• gardening opportunities

• Drop In Program
• Sports Night Program
• Project Serve - learning to serve those in need
• Community Serve - serving the local community

Neighbourhood centre, including counselling and support, child development and literacy, and recreation programs

• individual and group counselling
• counselling for assaulted women
• counselling and support for at risk youth 12-29 years
• before and after school program for children 5-13 years, including breakfast and hot dinner
• recreation programs for youth, including boys and girls club (see separate listing)
• homework assistance
• summer and March break camp
• recreation programs for seniors

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.

• improves attendance and punctuality
• increases understanding of how healthy eating habits affect energy levels
• improves behavior and increases concentration, leading to greater achievement
• improves social skills and confidence to interact with other children and adults
• promotes nutritionally complete programs that follow the student nutrition guidelines, established by the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services for breakfast, lunch, and snack.