Tag: put food in the budget campaign

“Billions for Business, Pennies for the Poor”: Please Petition Premier McGuinty to Give a $100 Increase to Canadians’ OW and ODSP

One Paycheck Away is a one-minute video depicting the growing gap between the rich and the ‘rest of us” in Canada, as shown here: The following Put Food in the Budget editorial provides the update to my previous blog You’re Invited: Holiday Lunch Dec.19 + Urge Dalton McGuinty to Give a $100 Increase to OW…

January 9, 2012
National Volunteer Week and PUT FOOD IN THE BUDGET’s Plea

National Volunteer Week, April 10 to 16, is Canada’s largest celebration of volunteers, volunteerism, and civic participation. To Canadian volunteers everywhere, Thank you! The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations. As an agency of the Government of Ontario, the mission of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is building healthy and vibrant…

April 16, 2011
Updates: (1)York Region Social Audit, (2) Homeless Father & Son

“PACC (Poverty Action for Change Coalition) Channel presents Snapshots from the Edge which raises awareness of low income, homelessness, and poverty issues in York Region as seen through the eyes of those helping to change things and those mired in it.” “The photo-movie is set to Mark Seagull’s tune, “Put The Miles behind You” which…

February 4, 2011
Please Urge the Provincial Government to Add $100 Healthy Food Supplement Now to Canadians’ Social Assistance Cheques

‘Put Food in the Budget’ and ‘South Riverdale Community Health Centre’ invite you to join them in an Advocacy Challenge tomorrow, December 8th. The South Riverdale Community Health Centre is one of the key partners in the provincial campaign to Put Food in the Budget which advocates for an immediate $100 / month Healthy Food…

December 7, 2010
Let the Ontario Government Hear Your Voices: November 15th Rally to Put Food in the Budget

Let the Ontario Government hear your voices about the insufficient social assistance received by adults in Ontario at the following event: Rally To Put Food in the Budget! Date: Monday, November 15, 2010 Location: Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Barn #2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Time: 7 pm – 9 pm Special Features: Live music by…

November 6, 2010
A Thanksgiving Message

Here is a Thanksgiving message to you from Yvonne Kelly, Chair, York Region Do the Math Working Group, and Program Coordinator, YORK REGION FOOD NETWORK in Ontario, Canada: Do the Math Challenge Event: October 4th-8th This week in communities across Ontario, community members, leaders and high profile individuals are standing in solidarity with individuals on…

October 7, 2010
“Put Food In the Budget” Campaign Challenges MPP’s and Profile Participants to “DO THE MATH!”

For Immediate Release: Friday October 1st 2010 – Media Call: 289-221-0928 Introducing – Put Food In the Budget Campaign in Ontario, Canada – DO THE MATH CHALLENGE! October 4- 8, 2010 A collaborative team of concerned York Regioners made up of individuals and representatives of concerned social agencies is putting phase two of the Ontario-wide…

October 5, 2010