Events

Events
31 Mar

Embracing Easter Diversity: Canada’s Cultural Tapestry Unites in Celebration with The Children’s Breakfast Clubs

“Experience the vibrant tapestry of Easter traditions across Canada in our latest blog post. From multicultural celebrations to the heartwarming initiatives of The Children’s Breakfast Club, discover how communities come together in a spirit of hope and renewal. Explore diverse cultural rituals, indulge in culinary delights, and learn about the vital link between health, nutrition, and Easter festivities. Join us as we celebrate the season’s blessings and spread joy and nourishment far and wide.” ...

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25 Mar

Kids in Toronto are going to school Hungry. TCBC is trying to stop that.

Rick Gosling, founder of The Children’s Breakfast Club, met with me and my class mates to discuss his company. He began with a story. On the first day of The Children’s Breakfast Club, Rick was watching the few kids who came in for breakfast eat their warm breakfasts. He was nervous, he wasn’t sure how to run a breakfast club. He had no idea the future of the company. However, on that first day one child sat down and ate...

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29 Feb

2024 Prom Project

The Toronto Police Service’s Community Partnerships & Engagement Unit in partnership with The Children’s Breakfast Clubs will be hosting a special event to distribute items to students, to assist with Prom expenses. We anticipate 1000 students from our Breakfast Clubs to attend this event. Donations of prom and graduation-worthy gear will not only help these students attend their Prom and graduation, but it will also in part, empower these students to have a more positive view of themselves and strengthen...

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20 Feb

2024 Trip to Ottawa

Our additional programs outside of the breakfast clubs give our children exposure to opportunities that they normally wouldn’t have. In this case, it was visiting our nation’s capital: Ottawa! On February 7th, 2024, The Children’s Breakfast Clubs were fortunate enough to accompany 200 children on an exciting and educational visit to Ottawa. The 38th Speaker of The House of Commons – The Honourable Greg Fergus, graciously hosted us and we also had an exciting visit with The Prime Minister of Canada...

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29 Nov

The TCBC 2023-2024 Coat Drive

The Children’s Breakfast Club is holding its annual coat drive. Our coat drive began in 2011 when we realized that some of our children and families could not participate in outdoor activities.  Prior to the COVID pandemic, we would have a number of pop-up storefronts at different ends of the GTA, where our amazing volunteers would arrange all the coats on coat racks, in an organized fashion.  We would invite our families to come in and choose two coats per family...

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23 Apr

Help us feed 7,000 children through the Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie Campaign

The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign is back from May 1 to 7! 100% of the proceeds of the sales from Smile Cookies support charities and community groups across Canada and the United States. For the 13th year in a row, The Children’s Breakfast Clubs has been chosen to receive the proceeds from Tim Horton’s franchises across Toronto! This year, we’ve set a HUGE goal to feed 7,000 children with the proceeds we receive from the campaign and we need your help...

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02 Feb

TCBC Spotlight on Dwayne Morgan

Dwayne Morgan is a two-time Canadian National Poetry Slam Champion. He began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993.  In 1994, he founded Up From The Roots entertainment, to promote the positive artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban-influenced artists. Morgan made the 2022 Shifter Magazine list of outstanding Black men in Canada, while also winning the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Celebration of Cultural Life award and the 2018 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for Career Achievement in the Spoken...

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22 Jan

2022 Cookie Decorating Contest Winners!

  We were so impressed with the talent we saw from everyone who entered the 2022 TCBC Cookie Contest!⁠ ⁠ From children to adults, it looked like everyone had fun baking and decorating this holiday season. We are so thankful to have been a part of your traditions and hope to see them continue in 2023! Congratulations to our winners @sashimigradephotos, @tanya.czerlau and @raquellbbb. ⁠ Thank you to our friends at the Don Valley Hotel...

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18 Dec

Annual Christmas Hamper Giveaway

Our long time supporter Steven Moffat from Northern Producers ensured that TCBC was included in their annual Christmas Hamper giveaway.  Today Saturday December 17, Northern Produce is donating and packing fresh fruits and veggies for over 200 families across the GTA.  A number of volunteers, including members from the Parrot head were  putting together the hamper to ensure the families are able to celebrate a health and a happy Christmas The distribution was assisted by Proctor Trucking, l.  Toronto Police,...

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13 Dec

Toronto Maple Reefers ParrotHead Club

About the Toronto Maple Reefers ParrotHead Club, the 184th PHiP-sanctioned official ParrotHead club in the world! Founded in Fall 2003, we adopted the “party with a purpose” mandate of all Parrothead clubs. Our Club holds regular social events to benefit the environment & local charities, primarily  Children’s Breakfast Clubs. This non-profit believes that every child deserves a nutritious breakfast. They serve an estimated 4,000 meals each week across the Greater Toronto area. The Maplereefers held the Annual Christmas...

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