Canvas Gives Back

For the year of 2025, we have partnered with Toronto Foundation for Student Success. $15 from every paint party will go to this incredible charitable foundation to feed kids in need of food.

From the Foundation:

"It’s simple: when children are hungry, they can’t focus, and if they can’t focus, they can’t learn. That’s why 823 school and community-based Student Nutrition Programs (SNPs) provide over 231,000 nutritious meals every school day. Here, students eat a healthy breakfast, lunch, or a snack so that they can focus on learning rather than hunger. One in every four children in Toronto lives in poverty and 40% of all children come to school hungry each day. It can be as high as 68% in our most at-risk communities.

Research shows that when children have enough to eat, they feel energized, concentrate better in class and perform better in school. Also, school attendance increases, not surprising as many students told us that they made it to school because they knew that they could get a nutritious breakfast. Funding comes from parent contributions, individual and corporate donations, the City of Toronto and the Government of Ontario. It is our goal to ensure that no child begins the school day hungry."

https://tfss.ca/