When you’re just handed food, you’re expected to take what is given to you. When you’re able to shop and meal plan with a grocery gift card, it just makes you feel human.
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Food for Thought
The right to food or the right to be fed?
Few people recognize how charitable food programs create a completely separate – and inequitable – food system.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. So let’s make sure all families can afford to buy apples
Your donations help food-insecure families stay healthy and out of hospital. This means your support not only benefits...
Grocery gift cards improve the quality of kids’ diets
We’re inspired to learn that our new approach empowers food-insecure families to improve the quality of food they feed...
Food insecurity impacts kids’ emotional well-being as much as their physical health
Since launching in 2015, I Can for Kids (iCAN) has witnessed a dramatic increase in the stress levels among children...
The benefits of a targeted approach to food insecurity
I Can for Kids (iCAN) receives questions from stakeholders who ask if our grocery gift card program can effectively...
A new paradigm to tackle the ever growing issue of food insecurity in Calgary and beyond
A new paradigm to tackle the ever-growing issue of food insecurity in Calgary and beyond.
I prefer to give monthly because food insecurity is a priority issue, and I know my contribution goes directly to families who need it as soon as they need it.
As we entered a new year, I Can for Kids (iCAN) was excited by the opportunity to connect with Sonya – one of our...
A little plastic card creates a huge boost in self-worth.
I Can for Kids (iCAN) recently received a humbling note from a parent who accessed our grocery gift card program:...