Delivering Nutritious Lunches To The Working Homeless of Calgary

Organization Name: The Sandwich Foundation
Community: Southern Alberta (City of Red Deer and south)
Funding Request: $15,000
Start Date: 2017-01-01
End Date: 2018-01-01

The Cause

The Sandwich Foundation is a not for profit organization that aims to eventually reduce homelessness in the city of Calgary. The organization has been actively involved since October 2015, in making nutritious bagged lunches for the working homeless of Calgary. The Sandwich Foundation works with schools, clubs, Churches and companies to make and pack sandwiches with a non perishable snack, that are sent to the Calgary Drop In & Rehabilitation Center for the homeless. The organizations strives to continue this endeavor, to provide healthy lunches for the working homeless who would otherwise go hungry and the goal is to feed 1 million people in 3 years.

Who Will it Benefit?

Through the work of volunteers, groups, and donations, The Sandwich Foundation will be able to produce and distribute approximately 8,000 sandwiches per week. The organization strives to ensure the working homeless population get the nutrition they require to go to work and to medical appointments.