Demand is up and so are the costs for a program that provides thousands of healthy meals to students at schools across Ottawa every day.
"We can’t learn on an empty stomach and it’s really important that we start the day with a nutritious, healthy breakfast," says Heather Norris, the president and CEO of the Ottawa Network for Education.
"While we’re anticipating about a 10 per cent increase in the cost of food this year, inflation we’ve been feeling for the last few years," she says, noting major changes had to be made to the program during the pandemic. The program receives some of its funding from the Breakfast Club of Canada which has itself launched a fundraising campaign to help with rising costs.
She says food and transportation costs have gone up and demand is so high, not everyone will be able to participate this year.
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