Canadian Food for Children
Pat Cloutier, a parishioner of St. Mary’s Parish, gives generously of her gifts, and talents to bring the Christian message alive in this world. For eleven years she has helped raise food, shoes, medication, toys, hygiene products, and clothes for the poor of the world. CFFC (Canadian Food for Children) founded by Dr. Antoine Simone and his wife, Joan.
Each day, five days a week, CFFC sends out one, and sometimes two, 12 metre long containers to impoverished families around the world. “My own involvement,” says Pat in a recent artile she wrote, “began about eleven years ago upon reading a newspaper article about the group. I began collecting a few odds and ends and bringing them to the warehouse. My collecting has since mushroomed into full-time volunteering for CFFC. When you realize how so many in the world have so little, you begin to see everything in a new light. For instance, if I see even just an elastic band on the sidewalk, I pounce, knowing full well that missionaries are hard up for elastic bands. What great excitement I get too, in finding a Dollar bag of linens or blankets that can be shipped. …….Over the years, I have come to know Dr. Simone and Joan, who have raised 13 children. They are truly humble people wishing to do everthing for Jesus. A banner on the warehoue wall sums it up: ‘Jesus is our Strength’.”
The above picure is a photo of Pat Cloutier and Dr. Simone at the CFFC warehouse. If you would like to know more about Pat’s work and faith , talk to Pat, or visit www.canadianfoodforchildren.ca/
April 16th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Hi I was wondering if you have a new link for Canadian Food for Children?
I’ve done extensive searches and every link I’ve tried comes up as “webpage cannot be displayed”
I belong to a non profit organization called “Blessings to You Free Centre’ and we donate a lot of bags to the Drayton church that delivers goods to the Canadian Food for Children organization in Toronto. I’d appreciate a new list of the items that are needed, it’s especially handy if I can print it off and make copies to pass along to friends so we can all keep a lookout for goods now that yard sale season is here and we live in an area that always has many items left out for free at the curb after yard sales.
I belong also to the Frugalshopper.ca and we’re always looking for worthwhile places to donate good items and it’s hard to pass along the information when there’s no web information.
I know there is a list of items that are needed by Canadian Food for Children because we have it at the Blessings to you Free Centre, but I’m unable to remove it to copy it.
I’d appreciate any information you have regarding what’s needed and where people can volunteer their time and where items can be delivered in the Toronto area.
Thanks for your time
Yvette
April 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I’m not sure why, but I got the same message when I tried to link to site. This one finally worked for me. Hope it is of some help. If not, go to bvmparish.com, and send me an email and your email address, and I will contact one of my parishioners who works in this organization. Fr. Bob http://www.canadianfoodforchildren.org/