Like many in Dufferin, Wellington and Guelph, the Children’s Foundation is working towards continuing our support of the most vulnerable in our community despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the school year has begun, we are especially concerned about the children and youth who rely on our Food & Friends student nutrition programs.
With the closing of schools in March 2020, the Children's Foundation, in partnership with local organizations, responded with a temporary emergency support initiative called Fresh Food for Kids that provided almost 100,000 nutritious meals to local children and youth in need in Dufferin, Wellington and Guelph.
This initiative has transitioned to Food & Friends at Home until the end of this school year. Families with children and youth supported by the Children’s Foundation through the Food & Friends Program are eligible to register for a Food & Friends at Home kit. This kit will provide one snack for each day of a two week period similar to what would be provided through a Food & Friends student nutrition program.
How it works
- Parent(s) or Guardian(s) with children and youth supported by the Children’s Foundation through our Food & Friends Program are eligible to register for a Food & Friends at Home kit. A list of programs supported by Food & Friends can be found here.
- Families in need of food support can register for a Food & Friends at Home kit.
- Only one registration is required per family.
- To receive delivery, applicants must give consent to share the information on the application form with staff and volunteers who will be packing and delivering the kits.
- Deliveries will be made every two weeks starting the last week of September.
- Applicants will receive email notification of delivery details for the kits.
More information can be found here: https://www.childrensfoundation.org/what-we-do/food-friends/food-friends-at-home