HELP KIDS START THE DAY RIGHT

As many of you know, we started Canadian Group Insurance Brokers (CGIB) as a breakfast meeting to share information amongst benefit brokers.  The group has grown and evolved into much more, since that humble beginning 15 years ago, but the principal of “hey, to learn or earn, you’ve gotta eat…right?” still applies.

I feel the same for kids needing a meal to help them concentrate on the bigger things that matter.  For 20 years I supported the Yonge Street Missions Evergreen Centre for Youth by; paying for and cooking dinners as well as finding volunteers to staff literally hundreds of meals.  I have now retired from Evergreen (along with Vlad, the head chef) after the move over to their new home on Spadina Ave.  It was a great time, but after that long, it was time for a change so…

I’ve started from scratch, helping to feed local kids a nutritious breakfast.  Because this is done in local public schools, volunteers must have vulnerable sector police checks down, so I can’t take people along as I have in the past, but if you’re interested in learning more….