A Healthier Future Served-Up for 140,000 Children in Ontario

One Million Donation Helps Close Widening School Nutrition Funding GapToronto, October 25, 2011 – One in six children in the province live below the poverty line and far too many of them wake without certainty of their next meal. Today, The Grocery Foundation, an Ontario-based not-for-profit representing the province’s grocery industry, announced a $1 million donation to Breakfast for Learning (BFL), Canada’s leading child nutrition charity. The grant will provide for over 448,594 meals per week and will help school communities fund equipment needs. The Foundation has also made an