GUELPH SCHOOL HELPS PACK FOOD BOXES

8 March 2011 Last updated at 16:45 ET

Guelph Community Christian School arrived at FTC Canada in a big way!  Over 40 grade 1 & 2 students along with teachers and parents arrived at the Guelph Head Office to help pack food and hygiene boxes.

When I arrived in the warehouse, students in one line had just completed packing 40 hygiene boxes.  The boxes filled with supplies like soap and other toiletries are given to out to needy families at special Family Food Box distributions.

The hygiene boxes go with the Family Food boxes.  In the other line they were just finishing up their 40th box.  Each box contains over 35 pounds of good quality food.  This helps feed a family of four, for about one week.

GCCS has been here before at FTC Canada helping to pack up thousands of Crocs shoes.  While the shoes went to places like Central America and Africa, the Family Food Boxes will be distributed here in Canada.  These boxes may be distributed locally to families here in Guelph or may make there way to Hamilton.

Update: The students packed over 100 each of hygiene and food boxes

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TI CATS TV COVERS THANKSGIVING FOOD DROP

FTC Canada partnered with Marwan Hage of Hage's Heros to bring food to families in The City of Hamilton.

Click here to see the video on TICATS TV.

CHCH TV IN HAMILTON COVERS FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION

A boxful of bounty can help. For a lot of families money is short and shopping sprees of any kind are not possible including at the grocery store.

Check out the video on CHCH TV.  Click Here!

THANKSGIVING FOOD DROP: HAMILTON ON

Saturday October 9, 2010

On Saturday October 9^th, for third year in a row, FTC Canada, Marwan Hage and Hage’s Heroes, the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Caravan Logistics distributed Family Food Boxes to families in need in The City of Hamilton on the Thanksgiving weekend holiday.

Eight distribution partners joined forces to serve the families in need including , Eva Rothwell Centre, Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys’ & Girls’ Club, The Hamilton Dream Center, Hughson Street Baptist Church, King’s Way Blessing Centre, West Hamilton Wrap Around, and City Kidz.

Weighing approximately 30 pounds, the Family Food Box can provide a family of 4 with enough food for about three days.  In the 1000 boxes distributed or alongside, were quality products from our Corporate Partners: Nestle Waters, Oakrun Bakery, Advantage Packaging, and Zellers Fairview Mall (St. Catharines).  MacNabb Presbyterian Church also provided food for the boxes.

Each agency identified children and families in need and distributed a voucher to be exchanged for a Family Food Box.  It turned out to be a great day: cool autumn air, clear skies and warm sun. 

Over 30 volunteers from Oakville based Caravan Logistics provided support for the day. Caravan Logistics also donated a truck and driver to transport the food boxes from the FTC Canada warehouse in Guelph to Ivor Wynn Stadium in Hamilton.

Marwan Hage and several Tiger Cat players joined Caravan volunteers to hand out the family food boxes and the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Compass Group supplied BBQ hot dogs for 500 children at the event.

Last year FTC Canada shipped over $1,000,000 of food and other essentials into the city of Hamilton partnering with agencies working directly with families in need of food.

GOOD NEWS ON FOOD DROP IN THUNDER BAY

Thunder Bay families that were in need of food support, received it on July 8, 2010 in the form of a Family Food Box from FTC Canada.

Details of the distribution were picked up by the local press who shone a spotlight on the good work of An Eagle's Cry Centre operated by Sky and Angie Hedricks. The Centre coordinated the event including distribution of coupons to families most desperately in need.

Please click on the following links to learn more about the local coverage:

Click here to read a report in the tbnewswatch.com

Click here to see Thunder Bay News coverage (video opens automatically)

FAMILY FOOD BOXES GO TO FAMILIES IN THUNDER BAY

An eager and terrific team of volunteers, some from An Eagle's Cry Centre (our host) and some from the FTC Canada Mish Adventure Camp Staff had the entire food box distribution ready to go a day before the actual event!

This included 350 family food boxes (approx. 22lbs each) and 350 hygiene boxes (personal essentials), food and cold drinks provided by the Centre, and games and crafts for the children. There turned out to be an added couple of bonuses for families picking up their boxes. Some families attending had no idea the Centre was open for them throughout the year. Families with small children were also able to help themselves to plenty of children's clothing.

Sky and Angie Hedricks, founders of the Centre were on hand to manage the intake process and to speak with families about the centre and its various programs. Each family had received a voucher which they exchanged for the boxes.

Families were genuinely appreciative of the support and excited to get this type of assistance when sometimes they were running short on food and supplies. Thunder Bay has an improving employment situation but many people are still living in low-income situations.

Our hope is that families in Thunder Bay will remember the generosity of An Eagles Cry Centre and turn to it whenever they find they are in need.

FAMILY FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION: THUNDER BAY

Thursday July 8, 2010

Eagles Cry Life Centre in Thunder Bay is distributing 350 food boxes and 350 hygiene boxes to needy families in partnership with FTC Canada.

The distribution will take place at An Eagles Cry Life Centre on 100 Simpson Street in Thunder Bay, ON today (centre founder Sky Hedricks in photo). Volunteers and staff from Eagles Cry will hand out the food boxes (approx. 22 pounds) along with boxes of personal hygiene products.

FTC Canada partners with organizations and companies throughout Canada to provide food and supplies to those in need. Recipients are identified by local social service organizations and receive a food voucher which they redeem at the event. FTC Canada First Nations Camp team will run a children’s program during the event. FTC Canada runs summer camps in Mishkeegogamang and King Fisher Reserves.

CONORD HOSPITALITY COO, NICK KELLOCK

Nick Kellock, COO, Concord Hospitality Enterprises on Share Day 2010 with FTC Canada and Concord Share Day activity across North America.

LISA TRACZ TALKS ABOUT CONCORD HOSPITALITY SHARE DAY 2010

Lisa Tracz is the General Manager of Residence Inn Missisauga Airport Corporate Centre West (a Concord company hotel) and a key organizer of Concord Hospitality Share Day 2010.

We asked her to talk about Share Day 2010, the partnership with FTC Canada and why a family food box distribution matters.

CONCORD HOSPITALITY TEAMS UP WITH FTC CANADA FOR SHARE DAY 2010

May 25, 2010

Toronto, ON – Thanks to the hard work and generosity of 10 Toronto area hotels, 400 local area families received much needed food and supplies this past week.

Over 25 hotel staff were on hand at Rexdale Alliance Church on May 20th in Etobicoke, ON to volunteer their time to distribute the food boxes packed by FTC Canada. This was all part of Share Day 2010, which is organized by the hotels parent company Concord Hospitality Enterprises. Toronto was one of 7 North American cities that participated in the company’s 2nd Annual Share Day which saw 3,500 families receive food and supplies across Canada and the U.S.

The GTA hotels that participated in this year’s event were the Crowne Plaza Hamilton, Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton, Courtyard by Marriott Markham, Courtyard by Marriott Mississauga Airport/Corporate Centre West, Courtyard by Marriott Mississauga/Meadowvale, Courtyard by Marriott Vaughan, Residence Inn Markham, Residence Inn Mississauga Airport/Corporate Centre West, Residence Inn Mississauga/Meadowvale, and Residence Inn Vaughan.

To learn more about Concord Hospitality Enterprises and the over 70 hotels they manage please visit www.concordhotels.com

MARWAN HAGE, HAGE'S HEROS ON FTC CANADA

Marwan Hage, Hamilton Tiger-Cat and founder of Hage's Heros talks about food drops in Hamilton, ON and the partnership with FTC Canada (Feed The Children).

PASTA AND SAUCE TO FEED THOUSANDS IN HAITI

April 6, 2010

Pasta, tomatoes and sauce en route to feed thousands in Haiti

Guelph, Ontario – Tuesday, April 6, 2010 – Over the next two weeks $84,700 worth of donated product is being shipped on 4 containers out of FTC Canada’s Guelph based warehouse and bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The first two containers will have 75,000 lbs of spaghetti, penne, and linguini from Concord, ON based Unico Inc. The second two containers heading out next week will have 93,770 lbs of canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, kidney beans, and sardines from Toronto based Primo Foods. The containers are scheduled to arrive in early May and will go to feeding thousands of children and their families who are still without homes.

“Canned and dry products are ideal for overseas work and will be of great help in Haiti.” says Cliff Cline, COO of FTC Canada. "We are extremely grateful to the people at Unico and Primo for generously supporting our ongoing relief efforts there."

Since the January 12th earthquake, FTC Canada will have sent more than $560,000 worth of food, supplies and medicine in 13 containers to Haiti. To learn more about our ongoing efforts please visit www.ftccanada.ca

FTC CANADA FOOD DROP IN MONTREAL

March 1, 2010

Keltic Transportation Inc. teams up with the Hamilton Tiger Cats and FTC Canada in Montreal.

Guelph, Ontario – Monday, March 1, 2010 – For the second year in a row Keltic Transportation Inc. teamed up with Hamilton Tiger-Cat Offensive Lineman Marwan Hage and Guelph based not-for-profit FTC Canada to provide food and hygiene boxes to 450 families in need through Sun Youth Organization in downtown Montreal.


The Moncton based full load transportation company generously donated its services to bring the 900 boxes from FTC’s Guelph warehouse to Sun Youth’s downtown Montreal warehouse where the food and hygiene boxes were distributed to the families last week. Marwan Hage, a Montreal resident and 2009 CFL All-Star and Tom Pate Award winner was on hand to distribute the boxes personally to the families as part of his Hage’s Heroes program.

“Keltic’s success is based on teamwork in a family atmosphere,” says Shane Esson, General Manager at Keltic “and we are extremely proud to once again partner with FTC Canada and Marwan Hage to help with their transportation needs by bringing much needed food and supplies to the families in Montreal.”

Last May the three groups partnered together and distributed food boxes to Montreal families as part of FTC Canada’s food box distribution program which in 2009 distributed over 2,800 boxes to families in Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, and Winnipeg.

To learn more about Keltic Transportation please visit www.keltictransportation.com.

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