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Empowering families: how our program works
When I Can for Kids (iCAN) initiated our grocery gift card program in 2020, we soon recognized how the income-based nature of our approach led to a greater sense of resilience, trust, and community belonging among families struggling with food insecurity. We also realized that continuing our cross-sector collaboration was key to maximizing our impact. This approach allowed our grassroots charity to reach vulnerable children through a cohesive and centralized response to food insecurity across Calgary and the surrounding area.
Empowering families: how our program works
When I Can for Kids (iCAN) initiated our grocery gift card program in 2020, we soon recognized how the income-based nature of our approach led to a greater sense of resilience, trust, and community belonging among families struggling with food insecurity. We also realized that continuing our cross-sector collaboration was key to maximizing our impact. This approach allowed our grassroots charity to reach vulnerable children through a cohesive and centralized response to food insecurity across Calgary and the surrounding area.
Sprout Society Supporting Hungry Kids In Calgary
Sprout Society has realized exceptional success and growth. But for Conner and Amy, giving back to the community was just as important as their achievement in the kitchen.
Grocery gift cards make life easier. For everyone.
By switching from a summer food program to year-round grocery gift card support, I Can for Kids (iCAN) increased the...
Optimizing our collective impact through reciprocal collaboration
I Can for Kids (iCAN) is highly committed to collaborate with other agencies across the charitable sector who share...
1 in 4 kids lives in a food-insecure home with too little income to buy enough to eat
These children live in your neighbourhood, go to school with your kids, and often hide their struggles from everyone.
When we eradicate poverty, we eradicate childhood food insecurity.
Plenty of research shows that the primary cause of food insecurity is a lack of income. Therefore, it’s most effective to respond to this ever-growing issue with policies and solutions that protect and improve household financial resources.
Imagine if you lost everything.
That’s what we hear from 100 distressed families every week when they arrive in Calgary after fleeing the ongoing...
With escalating rates of inflation, food-insecure kids need our support now more than ever.
The financial shock of extreme inflation has contributed to the massive increase in the proportion of children who suddenly live in food-insecure households across Alberta.
Hunger and food insecurity are not the same
Filling a belly is not the same as nourishing a body, heart, and mind.
We used to feed hungry kids. Now we empower families to feed themselves.
In April 2020, I Can for Kids (iCAN) embraced the daunting challenge of inspiring a major shift in the way charities and communities understand and tackle childhood food insecurity in Calgary.