Celebrating 25 Years!
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- Created on Thursday, 04 June 2015 19:24
Come join us for our 2015 Annual General Meeting and 25th year wrap-up at our office on Wednesday, June 10 at 5:30 p.m. We'd love to see you there! For more information about the event, click here.
Help needed
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- Created on Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:15
We're still looking for more volunteers to assist with delivering summer lunches to the City of Regina's PlayEscapes sites. We need volunteers this July and August from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. If you have a vehicle and might be interested in helping on any or all of these days, call us at (306) 347-3224 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Community Kitchen Training
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- Created on Wednesday, 20 May 2015 21:44
REACH is hosting a Community Kitchen Training session on June 16th.
Community kitchens are a great way to bring together community members, address issues of food security, and educate people about healthy, affordable and simple cooking while having lots of fun!
In this session we will discuss community kitchens, how to facilitate them, logistics, recipes and much more! Click here for more details. Registration is required.
Please share this with anyone you think may be interested.
National Aboriginal Day Poster Contest
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- Created on Wednesday, 13 May 2015 20:48
Spread the word!
WHAT: National Aboriginal Day Poster Contest
WHO: targeted to North Central elementary students
WHEN: due by 12 p.m. on June 12, 2015
WHERE: submit entries to Indian Metis Christian Fellowship (IMCF) at 3131 Dewdney Ave.
For more information, check out the contest poster here.
Click here for the entry form.
Important Meeting
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- Created on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:21
Are you interested in provincial food security? If so, come give your feedback at this meeting to determine the future of our current provincial food security coalition:
Volunteers Needed!
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- Created on Wednesday, 06 May 2015 19:39
Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity? Each year, REACH delivers free lunches to the City of Regina's summer camps. We're looking for some volunteers to help us ensure that these kids have healthy lunches available to them. We need volunteers this July and August from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. If you might be interested in helping on any or all of these days, click here for more information.
REACH 2015 AGM
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- Created on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 16:51
Come join us for our 2015 Annual General Meeting and 25th year wrap-up at our office on Wednesday, June 10 at 5:30 p.m. We'd love to see you there! For more information about the event, click here.
New Ceiling Tiles
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- Created on Tuesday, 03 March 2015 16:18
We wish to extend a huge THANK YOU! to The Home Depot Canada Foundation who supplied a generous donation which allowed us to purchase all new ceiling tiles for our office.
Thank you!
2015-16 Funding Applications
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- Created on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 15:38
The information and Funding Applications for 2015 - 16 Child Nutrition Programs are available in PDF format. If you require the documents in Word format or have any questions please contact Dana at 306-347-3224.
Litter-Less Lunches 2015
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- Created on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 20:38
It's time once again for Nutrition Month. To celebrate this year, The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR) and REACH are inviting schools and before and after school programs to hold a "Litter-less Lunch and Snack Day" education initiative. Litter-less lunches and snacks are not only environmentally friendly but they are often healthier and lower in cost too!
When
Anytime in March
Why
To engage children in packing healthy lunches and snacks through the promotion of litter-less lunches and snacks. It also intends to help families create strategies to pack a variety of healthy foods.
What
- Have students compare the garbage created on a typical day with a day of "Litter-less Lunches or Snacks"
- Share your learning on the REACH and RQHR Facebook pages
- Enter your class for a "Make Your Own" Pizza Party sponsored by REACH
How
- Designate one day in March for children to bring a "Litter-less Lunch or Snack"
- Let us know that you will be participating by sending the information below in an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Date of your "Litter-less Lunch or Snack"?____________________
- School or Program Name: ________________________________
- Contact name, telephone # and email address: _________________________________
- Number of students that will be participating: _____________
1. Take a "before" photo of the waste collected to represent the amount of waste produced on an average day. (Tip: don't let the students know about your planned litter-less day prior to taking the before photo.)
2. Promote litter-less lunches and snacks to children and parents.
- Hold a brainstorming session with children on ways to pack healthy "Litter-less Lunches or Snacks". Record brainstorming ideas. Information and education activities are attached in the "Educator's Package" to help with this.
- Send Parent/Caregiver letter and package home. Please add the date of your "Litter-less Lunch or Snack" to the parent letter.
3. Take an "after" photo of the waste produced the day of your "Litter-less Lunch or Snack". Submit the photos and ideas generated from the brainstorming session to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Deadline: March 27).
- Entries will be shared on the RQHR and REACH Facebook pages and entered for prizes. Grand prize is a "Make Your Own Pizza Party" for a classroom. Food and staff person from REACH will be provided to hold the pizza party.
Tips for Healthy Packed Lunches
Links to recipes:
- Eat well Recipes - Healhty, family-friendly recipes http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/healthy-eating-saine-alimentation/recipes-recettes-eng.php
- Healthy Baking
http://www.bchealthyliving.ca/resource/bake-better-bites-recipes-and-tips-healthier-baked-goods
http://dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Plan-Shop-Cook/Cook-Healthy/Apercu.aspx
