Costco Flyer - 01/01-03/31/2021 (Page 64)

inside costco smile recole breakfast club of canada success milestones its first program at lionel-groulx school feeds 100 children grows to 50 schools; feeds 4,000 children edged by the un world food program; feeds of canada launches breakfast club of canada builds strong communities by wendy helfenbaum program opens; feeds of canada operates in 1,300 schools global child nutrition children in 1,598 schools celebrates its 25th anniversary; feeds more in 1,887 schools ou can't expect children to be hungry to learn if they're also just plain hun- daniel germain to launch the club des across canada to serve 40 million breakfasts annually to kids in more than 1,800 schools "it's been a roller coaster of emotions and that came along at the right time to bring so the breakfast program encourages all and engages the whole school community major sponsors such as costco have helped realize bcc's dream by donating their time "people buy into a vision and it's contagious," president and general manager pierre riel sat on our board of directors for 10 years offering his knowledge and his passion.” germain says many of bcc's devoted vol- unteers and donors participated in the program become a voice for our organization," he notes shifted its capacities with the creation of "this was not how we thought we would be was perhaps the best way for life to show us how to use everything we've learned over the years to help kids and their families through this crisis," says germain ual donors and the federal government of harvest organizations in quebec and provided grants to 1,000 community organizations children and their families who live in high-needs neighbourhoods costco members can help support bcc by donating at warehouses during the annual fundraising campaign every more than $10 million costco member wendy helfenbaum is a montreal-based writer and tv producer