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Friday, October 17, 2014 marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. People passionate about ending poverty used the lunchtime on that day to draw attention to the 833,000 Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables. As part of Dignity for All: The Campaign for a Poverty Free Canada, volunteers at “ChewOnThis!” events asked people across Canada to join the strong call for a federal plan to address poverty by simply going online to www.ChewOnThis.ca
ChewOnThis! volunteers handed out lunch bags in more than 25 cities – from Halifax to Abbotsford – from noon until 1 p.m.) — including various sites in Ottawa, Parliament Hill, and Toronto’s downtown core. They called for the Federal Government to take a proactive approach to eliminating poverty and hunger for the millions struggling to make ends meet.
Taking part in the local campaign were: Ottawa-Centre MP Paul Dewar, Ottawa-Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Citizens for Public Justice Executive Director Joe Gunn, and Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha.
Helena Towle volunteers for the ChewOnThis! campaign by handing out free lunch bags at Wellington St. at O’Connor in front of Parliament Hill Friday to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha hands out a ChewOnThis! lunch bag to passerby Krishna Cheruvu Friday afternoon on Sparks St. The lunch bag, containing information on Canadian poverty rates and a locally grown apple, symbolized the movement to reduce Canadian’s reliance on food banks to put food on the table.
Bryan Hendry from the Assembly of First Nations prepares to hand out a box full of lunch bags from the ChewOnThis campaign on Sparks St. Friday. The movement aims to address Canadian’s reliance on food banks to put food on the table.
Brendan McNeely (right) receives one of 2,000 lunch bags distributed across Ottawa Friday as part of a movement to address poverty in Canada by Citizens for Public Justice and Canada Without Poverty. Executive Director of Canada Without Poverty, Leilani Farha, was on hand at Spark’s St. to hand them out.
Anne Whitehurst volunteers for the ChewOnThis! campaign by handing out free lunch bags at Wellington St. at O’Connor in front of Parliament Hill Friday to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Janelle Vandergrift from Citizens for Public Justice prepares to hand out lunch bags during the lunch hour in support of the ChewOnThis! campaign. The event asked people across Canada to join the call for a federal plan to address poverty by going online to chewonthis.ca.
Ottawa-Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi (left), Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha, and Mayor Jim Watson head out to distribute lunch bags at noon to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Mary Davidson (left), receives a lunch bag from Ottawa-Centre MP Paul Dewar during the lunch hour friday. Dewar was volunteering as part of the ChewOnThis campaign to raise awareness about ending poverty.
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ChewOnThis! volunteers handed out lunch bags in more than 25 cities – from Halifax to Abbotsford – from noon until 1 p.m.) — including various sites in Ottawa, Parliament Hill, and Toronto’s downtown core. They called for the Federal Government to take a proactive approach to eliminating poverty and hunger for the millions struggling to make ends meet.
Taking part in the local campaign were: Ottawa-Centre MP Paul Dewar, Ottawa-Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Citizens for Public Justice Executive Director Joe Gunn, and Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha.
Helena Towle volunteers for the ChewOnThis! campaign by handing out free lunch bags at Wellington St. at O’Connor in front of Parliament Hill Friday to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha hands out a ChewOnThis! lunch bag to passerby Krishna Cheruvu Friday afternoon on Sparks St. The lunch bag, containing information on Canadian poverty rates and a locally grown apple, symbolized the movement to reduce Canadian’s reliance on food banks to put food on the table.
Bryan Hendry from the Assembly of First Nations prepares to hand out a box full of lunch bags from the ChewOnThis campaign on Sparks St. Friday. The movement aims to address Canadian’s reliance on food banks to put food on the table.
Brendan McNeely (right) receives one of 2,000 lunch bags distributed across Ottawa Friday as part of a movement to address poverty in Canada by Citizens for Public Justice and Canada Without Poverty. Executive Director of Canada Without Poverty, Leilani Farha, was on hand at Spark’s St. to hand them out.
Anne Whitehurst volunteers for the ChewOnThis! campaign by handing out free lunch bags at Wellington St. at O’Connor in front of Parliament Hill Friday to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Janelle Vandergrift from Citizens for Public Justice prepares to hand out lunch bags during the lunch hour in support of the ChewOnThis! campaign. The event asked people across Canada to join the call for a federal plan to address poverty by going online to chewonthis.ca.
Ottawa-Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi (left), Canada Without Poverty Executive Director Leilani Farha, and Mayor Jim Watson head out to distribute lunch bags at noon to draw attention to Canadians who have to rely on food banks each month to put food on their tables.
Mary Davidson (left), receives a lunch bag from Ottawa-Centre MP Paul Dewar during the lunch hour friday. Dewar was volunteering as part of the ChewOnThis campaign to raise awareness about ending poverty.
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