Once again, this year, we’ll be donating non-perishable items to the Daily Bread Food Bank box at our local grocery store or making a contribution online to Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. The Daily Bread Food Bank is a registered charity that is fighting hunger in our communities. Every year thousands of people across Toronto rely on food banks. […]
Today is our Random Act of Christmas Kindness day. Do something kind, and, if possible, in secret, for someone you don’t know, or, at least, someone you don’t know very well. As with last year, we’re not going to give you any lists of ideas about how to go about making other people happy. You can figure that one […]
On this #givingtuesday, which is also St. Lucy’s day, a day of light and hope, we’ll be suporting Plan Canada/Plan International by giving a Bee Hive! By purchasing the Buzzing Bees Gift of Hope, we will help pay for a hive, honeybees, and the essential training for a person or family to begin a family […]
It’s the first #GivingTuesday of Advent. And, today, the kids will once again adopt an animal from WWF Canada. With each symbolic adoption (or, the purchase of a stuffed animal), funds go to support the species of your choice and other at-risk species around the world. Of course, I am sure Bea will want to […]
Today, we’ll be donating non-perishable items to the Daily Bread Food Bank box at a local grocery store or fire station [for instance, Fire Station 227, 1904 Queen East] and making a contribution online to Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. The Daily Bread Food Bank is a registered charity that is fighting hunger in our communities. Every […]
Aww!! Jon Snow and a Dire Wolf pup! Did that make you happy? Have I already done my job? Today is our Random Act of Kindness Day. Each person in the family is tasked with doing something kind, and, if possible, in secret, for someone they don’t know, or, at least, someone they don’t know […]
It’s a giving day here at the Lunchbox Season. Today, we’ll donate to the WWF. We wholly support the mission of WWF: To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable. […]
Tonic Tuesday Give to Forests Ontario Today, we’ll donate to an organization that supports the health and sustainability of Ontario’s tree canopy. Who doesn’t want to breathe well and breathe easy? It’s difficult to plant trees during winter, so we’ll let Forests Ontario take of that for us. To learn more about this great organization, […]
Tonic Tuesday Donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank* Today, we’ll be gathering canned goods, dried beans, and pasta to give to the Daily Bread Food Bank box at our local grocer. We’ll also be making a contribution online. Who’s on your giving list today? _____________ The Food Bank supports more than 200 Food Programs across […]
Tonic Tuesday Give a Family an Endless Harvest via Plan Canada Today is one of our giving days. Today, we’ll be purchasing one of Plan Canada’s Gifts of Hope. The gift of an Endless Harvest will support a family in a developing country by giving them the ability to create and maintain their own garden. […]
Today, we give to a cause very close to our hearts, Cystic Fibrosis Canada. A contribution to CFCanada funds research to cure or control cystic fibrosis, supports high quality care for those with CF, and promotes public awareness. Click on the image below to be transported to their site. Then, click the “Donate” button to support. […]
Today, we’ll be making a contribution to the Daily Bread Food Bank. The kids will bring some cans up to the local grocery, where there’s a box set aside for donations. Additionally, we’ll give online via their website. Click on the link below to be transported to that site!
It’s our first Giving Day of Advent 2013! Today, we’ll go online and contribute to the World Wildlife Fund via http://www.wwf.ca.* Our contribution will work to save endangered wildlife across the world, like the white Kermode Bear in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. On the site, you can make monetary contributions as well as take part […]
Today, we make an online contribution to The Daily Bread Food Bank. The kids suggest that everyone look around for food banks in their communites and support their efforts today!
Today is another Giving Day. Via PlanCanada, we’re donating a Beehive & Beekeeping Kit, and lessons in how to care for and maintain the hive to a family in the developing world. This not only helps a family in need, it contributes to rebuilding the declining bee population. And, as we all know, bees are a vital part of our food chain. You can read […]
We are avid supporters of the World Wildlife Fund and their work in supporting diverse species and the environments in which they live. Today, we will support the fund by making a charitable donation. You can also “adopt” a plush animal, if that suits your taste. The Kermode Bear is a new favourite in our […]
December 19, 2011 23rd Day of Advent 6 Days til Christmas Dear Kids, Last Night, Mama & Papa logged on to Plan Canada (http://www.plancanada.ca). After looking over all of their Gifts of Hope, we purchased a Library in a Box for Haiti in your honour (pictured above). Today, we’ll check out the site together and browse all of the […]
December 12th, 2011 16th Day of Advent 13 Days ’til Christmas In honour of your Great Grand Aunt Rose and all of those dear to us who have passed away, have a tree planted near the place where you live now, in your own province. Give to Trees Ontario http://www.treesontario.ca via Canada Helps http://www.canadahelps.org
