Back-to-school season is filled with excitement… new outfits, seeing friends, fresh school supplies…
…but for far too many families in Calgary, it also comes with heavy stress.
We’re so proud to launch the 5th annual Katie & Ed’s Lunch Project supporting Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK). Right now, more than 1 in 3 kids in Alberta live in a food-insecure household. That’s a heartbreaking stat, and for many of these students, a BB4CK lunch is the only solid meal they’ll get all day.
Behind the scenes, it takes an absolute army to make this happen. Every single month, around 800 amazing volunteers whip up and deliver fresh, nutritious lunches to 290+ schools across Calgary. We’re talking a full spread: a delicious sandwich, fresh veggies, fruit, a snack, and even a weekly dairy item to keep almost 8,000 kids from Kindergarten through Grade 12 fueled and ready to learn.
Our goal this Back-to-School season is big: we want to raise 160,000 lunches, which is enough to keep every single child in the program fed for a full month of school.
The best part? Your donation goes twice as far through the month of September.
Every donation will be matched 1:1 thanks to the The Matt Rumpel Family Foundation, Anthony and L. Britt Giuffre, Carol Fowler, and The Nicholls Family.
- $5 feeds a child for a day ➔ Matched to feed 2 kids
- $25 covers lunches for a week ➔ Matched to cover 2 weeks
- $100 fuels a child for an entire month ➔ Matched to cover 2 months
Over the last four years, this community has stepped up to help feed thousands of local kids, and we can’t wait to do it again. Because at the end of the day, full bellies mean happy kids!
Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids (BB4CK) is a community-funded, non-profit organization that has been working for over 30 years to make sure kids across Calgary have access to the food they need.
Every day, thousands of children arrive at school without enough to eat. With over 1 in 3 kids in Alberta living in food-insecure households, they believe no child should have to learn on an empty stomach. That’s why they work together—with the BB4CK community of generous volunteers, donors, schools, and partners—to prepare and deliver nutritious lunches to kids who need them, every school day
