School meal programs do more than fill empty bellies, says Winnipeg early childhood educator Robyn Brown. They help build community, and feeling of self-worth and belonging for the kids they feed.

The Breakfast Club of Canada, one national program that reaches more than 580,000 children, says in the meal programs it supports in more than 3,500 schools, an average of 30 to 40 per cent of ...

St. George School is projected to spend about $12,000 in 2023-24 to provide daily breakfast to students and make snacks available throughout the day at no charge via its community kitchen.

The longstanding national School Breakfast Program is a federally funded program that operates in public and nonprofit private schools, and its impact goes far beyond the cafeteria. In 2022 ...