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Meeting:. COUNCIL
Date: October 5, 2009
Report #: CLD-019-09
Unfinished Business #1
REPORT
CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
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By-law #:
Subject: SHOW KIDS YIOU CARE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1. THAT Report CLD-01!9-09 be received;
2. THAT a letter of suppprt be forwarded to Show Kids You Care.
Submitted by:
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Reviewed by: ranklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
Attachment No. 1 - Letter fr~m Show Kids You Care
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
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REPORT NO.: CLD-019-09
BACKGROUND
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At the Council meeting of September 21, 2009, correspondence from Jill McKinney, Executive
Director, Show Kids You Care and the Hon. Joseph Fontana, P.C., Trinity Global Support
Foundation was tabled to the October 5 Council meeting.
Show Kids You Care leads a network of breakfast clubs and lunch programs throughout the
country to ensure that kids liwing in poverty have access to nutritious food in an environment
that nourishes their bodies, minds and souls. Interested parties apply to the program for
resources such as funding, assistance with menu plans and volunteer strategies. Currently
they are working on building a program for a National Registry to allow program coordinators
to communicate with each otlher.
Since September 2006, Sho~ Kids You Care has been working with Clarington Central
Secondary School in providing a breakfast program throughout the school year.
In early 2010, they are holding a public launch of one of their newest breakfast clubs in another
community outside of Clarington and are requesting a letter of support for the program.
As this item of correspondenice was tabled to the October 5, 2009 Council meeting, it will be
necessary to lift the correspondence from the table prior to consideration of this report.
A copy of the letter received from Show Kids you Care is attached.
Attachment No. 1 to
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Show Kids You Care is a national project of Trinity Global Support Foundation
C~ser 1 1 million children live in poverty in Canada They are hungry and u~,dernoui~si~ed ever] day.
Show Kids You Care leads a network of 6reakfa,- clubs and lunch proe,rams throughout'he country ro ensure
than <~ds 4ivinq in poverty have access to nutritious tool in ail environment '.hat nou~i~,res their bodies, ~ ;rods anti ,UUIs.
Mayor Jim Abernethy, Town of Bowmanville
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6
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August 25, 2009
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As you know, building a sense. of community is so important, no matter where you Live. It is through the support and care of
others that we begin to create meaningful spaces and connections. In order for children to develop into active and engaged
members of soaety, fostering this sense of community is especially important.
This is why Show Kids You Care, a project of Trinity Global Support Foundation, is working in Bowmanville. We lead a national
network of over 460 programs feeding hungry kids. For several years we have been providing reliable access to nutritious meals
for children in your community. These programs rely on pazents, volunteers, businesses, schools, chw:ches, and other
community-based organizations in Bowmanville in order to continue to provide 210 to hungry children each week.
Sadly, however, there are over 1.1 million children living in poverty in Canada. According to Statistics Canada and the Canadian
Council on Social Development, there aze over 360,000 children under the age of 14 living in poverty in Ontario alone. In the
midst of such economic uncertainty we aze seeing the number of children who access breakfast clubs, lunch and snack programs
increasing.
As we approach the 2009-2010 school yeaz, it is our goal to increase our network of programs as well as increase the awareness
of child hunger and poverty in Canada. In eazly 2010 we will be holding a public launch at one of our newest breakfast clubs to
celebrate our work in communities across Canada. If you would be able to contribute to this launch by providing written or
recorded words of support, we would be truly grateful
In the meantime we aze working on developing a national registry and an online commw
programs to connect through to share ideas, recipes, volunteer recruitment strategies, n
This will also provide people like you with a more comprehensive understanding of needs
We invite you to join us by showing kids you care in any way you fan!
Sincerely,
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Jill M`Kinney
Executive Director,
Show Kids You Care
Hon. Joseph Fontana, P.C.
C.E.O., Trinity Global Suppo
P.S. If you would like more info about how we are showing kids we care where
would be happy to provide you with a list of our program partaers.
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