The Children’s Breakfast Clubs provide more than just food for underprivileged children in Southern Ontario. We offer a welcoming environment, social and emotional support, and nutritious meals to set kids up for success in school and life. Learn more about our journey! ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Next week is the launch of this year’s Smile Cookie Campaign Let’s look back on the success of last year’s campaign! Thank you to all of our supporters of last year’s campaign! Here is a pre-order order form for you for this year’s campaign. Click Here to download.
Here is the delicious Ackee and Saltfish recipe from Donna Carnegie. Donna runs The Gord Martineau Cedarbrae Breakfast Club: Ackee with Saltfish Soak the saltfish in cold water for 1 hour Pour off the water Add fresh water and cook fish until tender Heat cooking oil and sauté onions, garlic, scallions, tomato, scotch bonnet peppers and sweet peppers Add flaked saltfish, ackee and black pepper Cover and allow it to cook over heat for 5 minutes Serve with rice and/or dumplings. Enjoy! ...
Our TCBC Spotlight interview with Alexander Papageorge and Ben Papageorge: Angharad Hatt: Can you tell me a bit about you, who you are? Alexander Papageorge: I’m Alex and this is Ben. I’m the youngest of three brothers, so there are three of us, Leo, Alex, and Ben. My parents started 30 years ago. To be exact, since ‘92 so 29 years ago. Obviously, we are their children taking over the family business. All of us are involved, running it and just keeping...
