Grace Foods Canada supported the Jamaican Canadian Association’s Christmas Hamper Project by offering grocery items at cost. Staff members also participated in the packing of 100 hampers that were distributed to seniors, international students and struggling families that the center supports.

Grace Foods Canada Staff participated in the Helping hands for the holidays event with Second Harvest Food Rescue. Over 9000 pounds (lbs) of food was sorted for distribution to local food banks. Second Harvest Food Rescue is an organization that works across the supply chain in Canada to rescue food before it ends up in landfills.

The Grace Foods Canada team made two visits to Good Shepherd Ministries between November and December and assisted with Food Sorting activities. Good Shepherd Ministries is a men’s homeless shelter in downtown Toronto that offers basic needs to the homeless and disadvantaged in the community.

The GraceKennedy Belize team participated in our annual Salvation Army Christmas Party which hosted 600 students from different schools in Belize City. For this event GKB donated juices and provided entertainment for the children. A total of 7 staff members attended the event to volunteer.

The GraceKennedy Belize team participated in our annual Salvation Army School Christmas Dinner for their 120 students. The GKB team assisted the staff of the Salvation Army School  with cooking, distribution and clean up as well as providing volunteers and snack packages. A total of 15 Staff members assisted with this event.

Grace Kennedy Belize participated in the biggest parade in Belize, the Love FM Christmas Parade with a total of forty-six (46) floats. The parade traveled through the principal streets of Belize City with more than 15,000 spectators along the route. We had a total of 31 volunteers which included 15 staff members dressed up and distributed tokens to the spectators.