COMMUNAUTÉ • COMMUNITY
Carey et Angela Price avec
des agents du Club des
petits déjeuners et Trent
Leon, un étudiant inscrit au
programme.
Carey and Angela Price with
Breakfast Club Canada staff
and Anahim Lake's Trent
Leon, a student enrolled in
the program.
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children
in schools and communities across Canada, includ-
ing Anahim Lake, BC. “We had been asking around about how needy
families were being fed in the area and the Breakfast Club came up,”
says Angela. “We’re passionate about helping and encouraging youth,
especially when it comes to health and what they put in their bodies.”
Poor nutrition not only increases a child’s risk of developing chron-
ic illnesses like heart disease and diabetes, there’s also the risk of
mental health problems, not to mention anxiety and trouble concentrating in school, according to the BCC. Indeed, a balanced breakfast
is fuel for learning.
In Canada, one child out of every five is at risk of starting the
school day on an empty stomach. In aboriginal communities, that
ratio is 1 in 2. Naturally, because of Carey’s aboriginal roots, the cause
is even more dear to his heart. “We thought it was a great opportung professionnel. « Cela démontre aux enfants que tout est possible. »
ity to help in all the communities that we call home or have called
home,” he says.
In his boyhood home of Anahim Lake, great progress has been made since the Prices
« Avec Carey et Angela de notre côté,
and BCC got involved. “It’s amazing. The kids are going to school so that they can eat,”
jamais », explique le président et fondateur
in Montreal was pretty special,” he says, adding that the kids would never have the op-
l’impact de notre équipe est plus grand que
du Club des petits déjeuners, Daniel Germain. « Ensemble, nous pourrons mieux faire
connaître l’importance de notre travail et ral-
says Carey. “And to be able to fly the kids from out west and give them a VIP experience
portunity to travel, let alone see a professional hockey game. “It really shows those kids
that anything is possible.”
“With Carey and Angela Price on our side, our team’s impact will be greater than ever,”
lier toute la communauté. »
says the Breakfast Club of Canada president and founder, Daniel Germain. “Together, we
Club des petits déjeuners et pour savoir
getting the entire community on board.”
Pour en apprendre davantage sur le
comment vous pouvez aider à assurer que
les enfants de votre communauté reçoivent
un déjeuner équilibré, visitez le www.
breakfastclubcanada.org M
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will be much more effective in letting people know about the important work we do and
To find out more about the Breakfast Club of Canada and how you can help make
sure your community’s kids get a balanced breakfast to start their school day, visit
www.breakfastclubcanada.org M