Now, imaging not having a house with double income. AND you have children to feed too. It happens. And it happens all the time. According to The Calgary Food Bank 146,947 Calgarian received food from their Emergency Food Hamper Program. Client visits have increased by 70% since the start of the recession (2006/2007). 33% of households requesting a food hamper had at least one employed person. 42% of clients were children. No one should go hungry, especially children. But thankfully we have The Calgary Food Bank in our city. It's neither a government or United Way agency. They rely solely on the generous support of donors like you!
Growing up, I know my family could have benefited by having such an amazing organization. I asked my mom if we ever used the food bank, she replied saying "there was nothing like that when you were growing up, but it sure would of helped", a single mother of 2.
Which is why The Brighter Side supports The Calgary Food Bank. And one of the things The Brighter Side does every year is participate in The Empty Bowl Benefit. 6 hours later (thanks to the Colour Me Mine Studio), The Brighter Side artist Christina Rowsell came up with this, The Brighter Side plate. Plus, a beautiful Candy Bouquet from http://www.sugarbuzzyyc.ca/ filled with an assortment of candies. We are hoping that The Brighter Side plate would raise $1000 for this worthy cause. With all the proceeds going to a food bank that supports so many.
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