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Date(s) - October 17, 2016
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ChewOnThis! 2016
Join the Movement: ChewOnThis! 2016 is Around the Corner
It’s that time of year again! The Dignity for All campaign is getting ready for our fourth annual ChewOnThis! event across the country, and we’re looking for volunteer organizers to help bring the message that #WeNeedAPlan to end poverty in Canada.
Food banks were started in Canada in the early 1980s as a temporary way to address hunger. They were never intended to be a permanent measure.
On Monday, October 17th, 2016, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we’re getting ready to thank the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development for committing to the creation of a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy. We want to spread the message that the voices of people across the country – particularly those living in poverty – must be heard in the process of creating, implementing and monitoring a plan.
Last year, over 51 teams joined the campaign by handing out ChewOnThis! materials and engaging passersby on food insecurity and the need for a national anti-poverty plan. This October, we’re planning to have 100 groups across the country join us as we draw attention to poverty and food insecurity in Canada.