Backpack Buddies
- Raised $25
- Pledged$4,000
- Donators1
Children in our communities are hungry.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a 74% increase in food insecurity for families across the country. While food insecurity has long been prevalent in BC, the circumstances created by COVID-19 have only exacerbated the crisis.
Hunger lives in your neighbourhood. It could be right next door.
It doesnât have to be this way. Join with Rotary Club Lions Gate you can help turn hunger into hope for a child in your community, year-round.
British Columbia has one of the highest child poverty rates in Canada with 20% of children living below the poverty line.
The ever increasing cost of rent, household expenses and childcare, has created an affordability crisis for families in our community. Basic needs like food, shelter and warmth are now in direct competition with one another. Families living in poverty are often forced to make brutal trade-offs like foregoing dinners for a week to pay the rent.
Over 163,000 children experience food insecurity. Food banks help, but many families still depend on school breakfast, lunch and snack programs to meet their childrenâs baseline nutritional needs. But, these programs only exist during the week.
Families in our community are struggling to keep food on the table over the weekend.
Here’s a video on the last cheque presentation made to the local Backpack Buddies of North Vancouver.