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October 19, 2020

Youth cleans up with soap drive

Trisha Natesan led a drive this summer to collect bars of soap to be donated to the poor through Canadian Food for Children.

In previous summers, work shifts at the Canadian Food for Children (CCFC) warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., would be staffed by large parish youth groups.

Published in Canada
September 30, 2020

Brampton teen empowers the princess inside girls

Mikayla Portelli of Brampton, Ont., donated over $16,000 of health and beauty products to girls in impoverished countries around the world via the Canadian Food for Children warehouse in Mississauga. Portelli, assisted by high school teacher Dennis Buonafede, was spurred into action by the life story of Fides, a young girl from Zambia.

When 17-year-old Mikayla Portelli visited the Canadian Food for Children (CFFC) warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., with schoolmates in February, two framed pictures of a young girl from Zambia drew her gaze.

Published in Youth Speak News
December 7, 2012

Milk bags turned into beds

Working on the school’s loom, George Jenkins weaves plastic loops made from old milk bags to form a bed mat.

TORONTO - Students at St. Marcellus Catholic School in Toronto’s west end are turning old four-litre milk bags into beds.

Published in Youth Speak News