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The Sunshine Coast Breakfast for Kids Program – Food Security in Action.
The Sunshine Coast Breakfast for Kids Program (B4K) was the grass roots brain-child of two Sechelt Elementary School Parent Advisory Council (P.A.C.) members who wanted to ensure, “… that every child attending school had access to nutritious food before starting school each morning.” The P.A.C. approached Chatelech/Sechelt Community School (CSCS) - a not for profit organization - to pilot a program which now includes 10 elementary schools and 3 high schools.

The breakfast table is open to everyone at school; in fact we encourage staff and parents to occasionally help themselves in order to help reduce any stigma attached to the food, encouraging children to take advantage of the program.

The CSCS Breakfast for Kids Programmer reported 225 students were estimated to have regularly used the program in the 2005/2006 school year. It is estimated the number of students accessing nutritious food each morning more than doubled this year. Our goal for the 2007/2008 school year is to expand the program to include free nutritious food from at least 3 food groups to hungry children throughout their school day.

No matter how well fed a child is, one thing never seems to change…
KIDS GET HUNGRY…and the last thing on a child’s mind should be a hungry tummy!

The Sunshine Coast Breakfast for Kids Program is made possible not only through the countless hours of time donated by dedicated Parent Advisory Council volunteers, through government grants and the generosity of corporate sponsors, but also through sponsorship from local business owners (merchants, farmers, butchers & bakers alike), and private citizens like you.

We are always happy to accept donations, either monetary, in kind, or your time. If you are able to offer your support we would love to hear from you. “A perfect home for your excess harvest.”