Every donation helps provide the ingredients for a warm, complete Christmas dinner to a family connected to one of our partner schools. Here's exactly where your money goes and what it does.
Registered BC charity · Charity No. 78651 5437 RR0001
We're raising $10,000 to support 100 families across 8 partner elementary schools in Richmond, Vancouver and Burnaby.
Volunteer-run, with payment processing fees covered separately so your donation goes toward food.
No family should have to skip Christmas dinner because money is tight.
Research on regular family meals is consistent: children who eat dinner with their family often are more likely to do well in school, eat better and report better mental health. That research is about a routine, not about a single dinner, and it shows association rather than proof of cause.
What we can do is practical: help a local family put a complete Christmas dinner on the table, without paperwork, without public recognition, and without anyone outside the school knowing who they are.
The gap we're trying to close
The Family Dinner Project (Harvard-affiliated). Figures as published by the project.
Schools identify the families who take part, and only school staff know who they are. We raise the funds and coordinate the programme. Save-On-Foods assembles the packages at its stores, and families collect them and cook at home.
Shared anonymously, with permission. Names withheld to protect their privacy.
"Nobody made me feel like I had to explain myself. That's the part I remember. They just helped, and it was okay."
Parent, Lower Mainland
"My son asked me why we got a turkey this year and I said because people care about us. He's six. He still brings it up."
Dad of two, Lower Mainland
"Things got tight when my hours got cut. It helped more than I can probably put into words."
Parent, Lower Mainland
We work through eight partner elementary schools to reach local families at Christmas.
To protect the privacy of the families and communities we serve, we don't publish the names of our partner schools.
Your donation helps provide the ingredients for a warm Christmas dinner to a local family.
Donate Now
