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Happy Summer!
As the school year is winding down - or perhaps we
should say "logging off" during these virtual school
days - summertime is not far behind. Hopefully, there
will be even more opportunities opening up this
summer for kids to get back to playing sports, going
to camps, swimming, and other summertime fun!

This school year, 95 of our 104 student nutrition
programs served 554,485 meals to 8,100 students during in-school learning. Our
emergency food support initiative (Food & Friends at Home) will have provided over
267,400 meals to children and youth who were learning remotely. Details of both the
program and initiative will be announced early in September.

Thank you for helping to build hope for lifelong change for so many children and
youth in our community.

Anita Macfarlane, Food & Friends Program Director
519-826-9551 ext 22
anita@childrensfoundation.org

                    Dates to Remember
                    June 18 - Year-End Report Due. Use the Year-End Report
                    Checklist for assistance.

Please contact your Program Manager/Director to help with the year-end report.

The SEED’s delivery service of Ministry of
Children, Community and Social Services
Nutrition Guideline approved products to Food &
Friends Programs will continue into the new
school year.

If you haven't completed this intake form yet,
please do. The SEED will issue memberships on
a rolling basis and aims to accept orders and
deliver to you as soon they are able.

The SEED is part of the Guelph Community Health Centre. They believe that
everyone should have access to good food in a dignified way.

                                   Thanks To Our Supporters
                                   We are so fortunate that so many individuals and
                                   organizations have helped us bring healthy food to
                                   those who are most vulnerable during these
                                   difficult times.

                                   Centre Wellington (CW) Men Who Care has
                                   joined our list of amazing donors with a gift that will
                                   provide over 1,225 healthy meals to hungry kids!

                                   For their May meeting, CW Men Who Care invited
three CW-based charities to make a 5-minute pitch outlining what impact they could
make with their donations. After the last pitch, they voted, and we celebrated! We
were the successful "pitcher"!

The CW Men Who Cares runs a little different than many of the people who care
groups. Of the total funds raised by members at each event, 75% go to the winning
charity. The other 25% is added to the “CW Men Who Care” Fund at the Centre
Wellington Community Foundation. These funds will grow with the other endowed
funds and enable granting long into the future.

Thanks to all the caring men in Centre Wellington for their support of our Food &
Friends program!

Thanks To Our Volunteers
The Food & Friends Committee is looking for members
from Wellington County. If you are interested in learning
more, please contact anita@childrensfoundation.org.

Check out the new Children's Foundation's volunteer newsletter. .

To enable the Children's Foundation to keep up-to-date information and recognize
your contributions we are asking all Food & Friends Program Coordinators to please
complete the online volunteer application form.

A special thank you to all of the Food & Friends at School and at Home volunteers
and staff. Someone has said that the Inuit of Canada’s North have over 100 words for
snow. I wish there were that many for thank you, because I’d use every one of them
in this note!

Please send feedback, stories, pictures or drawings to us using any of the following
methods:
▪ emailing foodandfriends@childrensfoundation.org
▪ mailing to 87 Waterloo Avenue, Guelph ON N1H 3H6
▪ calling Anita at 519-826-9551 ext. 22 to speak over the phone.

                                  Happy Birthday to Us!
                                  We are celebrating our 30th birthday this June with
                                  those who mean the most to us - the kids and
                                  families we serve, our volunteers, donors, and
                                  supporters! To do this, we are holding a socially
                                  safe birthday party, presented by Skyline at the
                                  Mustang Drive-In and we want YOU to join us.

                                  What Movie? The Secret Life of Pets
                                 [Note: we were originally planning to screen Hotel
Transylvania but have had to switch to The Secret Life of Pets due to availability]

Where? Mustang Drive-In Guelph
5012 Jones Baseline, Guelph ON

When? Tuesday, June 29th
Gates open at 8:30 pm, Movie starts around 9:30 pm.

How? Tickets for this celebration will be $20/car and can be purchased online at:
https://www.childrensfoundation.org/ways-to-help/events/30th-birthday-drive-in-party

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