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Making lives easier
President's Choice® Children's Charity helps Canadian children live to their full potential.
We are committed to supporting children's health and wellness across Canada. Our focus is on childhood nutrition and children with disabilities.
DISABILITY
Direct financial support for families
President's Choice® Children's Charity provides grants to families to assist with the costs of equipment, home accessibility modifications, respite care, developmental and physical therapy and accessible vehicles. Nisha from Scarborough, for example, is one of Ontario's grateful beneficiaries. The charity provided financial support to buy a wheelchair accessible van and now Nisha can travel comfortably to her appointments and family outings in a vehicle that is specially suited to her needs.
Who applies for assistance?
President's Choice® Children's Charity receives applications from families whose children have been diagnosed with a range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, autism, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and various developmental delays. The average age of children we help is 8 years old.
To be considered a candidate for assistance, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Child (under 18) with a diagnosed physical or developmental disability
- Household income $70,000 or less
- Require help with mobility equipment, accessibility modification or therapy
- Average grant (across Canada) $6,500
Do you have a child with a physical or developmental disability? Are they 18 years of age or under? Do they need help with mobility equipment, an accessibility modification or therapy?
Download and print a Financial Assistance Application Form
Organizations supported
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation - Alberta
- Autism Society of Newfoundland – Western – Newfoundland & Labrador
- Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba - Manitoba
- Children's Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan
- Children's Rehabilitation Foundation - Manitoba
- CNIB - Ontario
- Dogs with Wings - Alberta
- Easter Seals Camp Horizon - Alberta
- Easter Seals NB – New Brunswick
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation - Ontario
- JR Walk of Elementary School - Manitoba
- Kings County Academy Playground – Atlantic Canada
- Reach for the Rainbow - Ontario
- Stan Cassidy Foundation – Atlantic Canada
CHILDHOOD NUTRITION
President's Choice® Children's Charity helps kids through grants for nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack programs. We believe nutrition is fundamental to children’s health and we want to provide the resources necessary to fuel a better learning environment.
- President's Choice® Children's Charity has pledged $7.2 million over four years to help children and youth receive nutritious breakfasts, lunches and snacks.
- Studies show children that maintain a well-balanced, nutritious diet have improved memory, problem-solving skills and creative abilities.
- By sponsoring Breakfast for Learning we also share a vision dedicated to improving the lives of children across Canada. Nutrition is fundamental to children's health and we want to provide the resources necessary to fuel a better learning environment.
- In Newfoundland and Labrador, Breakfast for Learning works in partnership with Kids Eat Smart Foundation and in Quebec, Breakfast for Learning provides funding to Club des petits déjeuners , in addition to providing direct program funding in this province.
Breakfast for Learning Grant
- Breakfast for Learning Grants are administered directly by Breakfast for Learning. To apply for a grant click here to go to their website.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada Grant
- In 2011, President’s Choice® Children’s Charity partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada to create the PCCC Basic Needs Brighter Future Program through a grant of $145,900
- Over the last decade, Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada has noticed an increase in the need to provide more food and food related programs of all kinds: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and cooking and nutrition programs. Children and youth simply are not getting access to the resources they require to grow into healthy adults.
- With the support of President’s Choice® Children’s Charity, Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada will provide the necessary programs, resources, training, and where possible, funds to enable Clubs to:
- Feed more young people and their families
- Promote the importance of nutritious food
- Provide a resource for Clubs and their members