Brown Bagging For Calgary'S Kids

Monday morning, Tyler will walk through the front door of his southwest #Calgary elementary school. He will be excited to see his friends at recess, and to complete his art project. But most of all, Tyler is looking forward to lunch.
Tyler didn't have much to eat this weekend - his family is struggling, and they've tapped out other resources. Some days, there just isn't a lot of food at home.
Tyler will have a healthy lunch at school on Monday because people like you have do...nated to make sure that lunch is available for any kid who needs it in our city.
You can feed hungry kids with this incredible community. Join the league of #HungerHeroes at bb4ck.org/hunger-hero to select a recurring gift, and your monthly gift will be automatically charged to you. Every month, you’ll feed a hungry kid in Calgary and make a lasting impact in their life. Take action and become a Hunger Hero today.
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Sunridge RONA is inviting their customers to help feed hungry kids! Make a donation of $2, $5, or $10 at the checkout and RONA will match 50% of all funds raised up to a max $2,000. $10 donations enter a draw to win a new BBQ! Thank you RONA! Home & Garden RONA

#HungerHeroes are suiting up across the city to ensure no #YYC child goes without lunch at school.
Join the fight and become a monthly donor at bb4ck.org/hunger-hero.

We're grateful to be supported by the new #Calgary Community Care Builders Fundraising Book! At $25 a booklet, $10 helps provide lunches to hungry kids across the city. To get your copy or learn more, please e-mail communitycarebuilders@gmail.com.

Meet some of the fabulous #volunteers from the Killarney-Glengarry Community Association #BB4CK community group! This awesome group feeds kids in 4 schools in their neighbourhood and have engaged their community in caring for kids - one of the schools hosted a snack drive and COBS Bread provides bread and baked goods!
Stay tuned for a full spotlight on the BB4CK blog! #YYCActions

Meet Nicole from The Calgary Chamber of Commerce's #GenYYC, and Vivo for Healthier Generations, one of our wonderful summer Food Finder YYC partner sites!
"Something really awesome I learned over the summer with Brown Bagging It is just how much of an impact they have in the community and how sometimes you don't really know where kids who need food are going to be." #PeopleOfBB4CK #KindYYC

These wonderful #volunteers from Robertson College and Haskayne School of Business joined us in the kitchen today to help feed and care for kids!
The team from Robertson College brought in lots of snacks and grocery gift cards from their #foodraiser and the MBA students from Haskayne will be working on a project with us!
Thank you for all your support! #YYCActions #NoHungryKids

Such a fabulous Doors Open YYC day! Thank you to everyone who joined us today to visit, bake and prep snacks, raise funds to provide lunches, and learn more about taking action to feed and care for #YYC kids!

Doors Open YYC is tomorrow and we are so excited for you to come visit the kitchen! Our doors are open from 10 to 4pm. Come tour the kitchen, learn more about #BB4CK and childhood hunger in our city, decorate a brown bag, learn about becoming a #HungerHero, and try some of our baking!
Can't wait to see you for #DOYYC2018!

"Thank you so much for caring about us. I appreciate the lunch program because some kids need food and I do, so thank you. When I have lunch I like to get fruits because I want to be healthy." - Jace, age 10

Today we dressed up to celebrate all the amazing #HungerHeroes who help ensure there are #nohungrykids in our city!
Take action to feed and care for kids - become a #HungerHero at http://bb4ck.org/hunger-hero.

The Grade 2 students at FFCA NEE learned about hunger and #BB4CK today, and how they can take meaningful action to make a difference in the lives of kids in our city!
The students decorated brown bags and are planning more ways to take action to feed and care for kids! #KidsHelpingKids

One of our wonderful #volunteers has organized a WestJet flight raffle at the kitchen to help feed #YYC kids!
Draw date is October 10, 2018. For more information or to purchase tickets please email gailbb4ck(@)hotmail.com or visit us at the kitchen this Saturday for Doors Open YYC!

Yesterday we celebrated our Director of Kitchen Engagement, Stephanie, as she starts her maternity leave. We can't wait to meet her new twins!

“Thank you for the lunches. If this program did not exist, no one would get food but you came along and stopped the hunger and you made our school full. You made all this possible and now all our classmates came up with ideas to make our community a better place.” – Jeremy, Grade 4
We begin this new school year now impacting 4,400 kids each day in 220 schools in Calgary. Feeding and caring for all these children is a team effort and we have our incredible #BB4CK community to thank. You take action to ensure no child in our city feels the pangs of hunger at lunchtime. Through your contributions of time, talent, and funds you provide so much more than just lunch. You are changing lives. Thank you for being part of this community.
To learn more about how you can feed and care for #YYC kids please visit bb4ck.org.

CTV Calgary visited us in the kitchen this morning to share the #HungerHeroes story! Check out the video and article at their link and learn more about becoming a Hunger Hero at bb4ck.org/hunger-heroes.

You can become a superhero. Slay hunger pains. Take down the evils of growling stomachs. Fill empty bellies.
Your superpower? It’s not leaping tall buildings or flipping cars. Your superpower is filling empty stomachs every day. Your superpower is giving kids a chance to focus on their school work instead of their growling tummies.
Use your superpowers today. Join the league of Hunger Heroes who are erasing hunger for 4,200 kids every day in our city. Make a monthly donation ...to feed a hungry kid.
The #HungerHeroes have a goal – to feed 1,000 hungry kids every single school day for the whole school year through monthly gifts.
We’ve made it simple – visit the link below to select a recurring gift and choose how much you’ll give each month, and it will be automatically charged to you. Every month, you’ll automatically feed a hungry kid in Calgary.
Superpower, activated.
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Diamonds in the Rough Originals (D.I.T.R.O) and Row Boat Media have created a fabulous video about the #LUNCHBAGLOVE Chari-Tees D.I.T.R.O has created to help #YYC kids!
Pick up your shirt at ditroriginals.com/shop and help feed hungry kids.

What can you do to use your head, heart, and hands to make a difference? Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids connects and inspires people to take meaningful action to feed and care for kids. BB4CK works in partnership with Calgary schools to make and deliver healthy lunches to students who would otherwise go without.
Each school day, Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids impacts 4,200 Calgary kids who would otherwise go without a lunch.
BB4CK invites you to join us in our kitchen to ...discover how Calgarians provide healthy lunches to children in need. Drop by anytime during the day to explore the kitchen, learn about BB4CK programs, decorate lunch bags and enjoy a light snack.
From 10:30am-12:30pm and 1:30-3:30pm participate in food preparation (register in advance – space limited http://signup.com/go/XeceVYC FULL) and create nutritious snacks for children’s lunches. We look forward to your visit!
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Such a fabulous organization, the donations, the volunteers all of these factors fall into place to help Calgary's children who don't have enough food to keep them going through the day. How can you learn if there is no food to feed your brain?

Very well run. Very organized. Very clean.

Loved spending my morning helping out the volunteers. Such a good cause and i got a recipe for carrot muffins too!

Heartfelt, trusting, caring, and completely dedicated to making Calgary better by ensuring Kids don't go hungry at lunch, and by empowering Calgarians to make a difference for themselves.

Brown Bagging makes lunch for the students at my school. They are a wonderful organization

All of the staff and permanent volunteers at bb4ck are truly inspirational! We had a wonderful experience doing our little bit to help this week making lunches.

Such a fabulous organization, the donations, the volunteers all of these factors fall into place to help Calgary's children who don't have enough food to keep them going through the day. How can you learn if there is no food to feed your brain?

Very well run. Very organized. Very clean.

Loved spending my morning helping out the volunteers. Such a good cause and i got a recipe for carrot muffins too!

Heartfelt, trusting, caring, and completely dedicated to making Calgary better by ensuring Kids don't go hungry at lunch, and by empowering Calgarians to make a difference for themselves.

Brown Bagging makes lunch for the students at my school. They are a wonderful organization

All of the staff and permanent volunteers at bb4ck are truly inspirational! We had a wonderful experience doing our little bit to help this week making lunches.