Generations Foundation 2022 Holiday Food and Toy Drive begins
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The goal of the annual drive by the Generations Foundation is to give a new toy to thousands of children in the Montreal area who may not otherwise receive a gift.
The Generations Foundation 2022 Holiday Food and Toy Drive is officially underway to spread holiday cheer and support Montrealers this season.
The goal is to give a new toy to thousands of children in the area who may not otherwise receive a gift. It also provides non-perishable food items to families in need.
The husband-and-wife team behind the Generations Foundation works tirelessly to provide breakfast and lunch year-round at more than 100 Montreal-area elementary and high schools. Their hot meal program ensures that thousands of children don’t go hungry.
“It is a mom-and-pop shop,” said Adrian Bercovici, founder and executive director at the foundation. “We are still the only two people in the office, but we have literally hundreds of volunteers.”
St. Monica Elementary School in the city’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood is one of the schools the foundation’s program helps on a daily basis.
“The Generations Foundation and a lot of our other donors have really brightened up the day for the kids,” school principal Peter McKelvie said. “We have about 85 to 95 kids every morning coming in for breakfast and this is how they start off their day. We are very blessed to have such a great group contributing.”
McKelvie encourages anyone who can to contribute to the 2022 Holiday Food and Toy Drive to help children and families in need have a great holiday.
“Just the smallest donation of food or a toy will go so far in making a kid’s life much, much happier and brighter,” he said.
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