Help Kate raise money

This October, I’ll be running the Toronto Waterfront Marathon and raising funds for Breakfast Club of Canada.

I chose to support this organization because the need is much bigger than many of us realize.

Nearly 1 in 3 children in Canada — about 2.4 million children — lives in a household experiencing food insecurity. For a child, hunger doesn’t stay at home when the school day begins. It can mean arriving in the classroom without the energy, concentration and readiness they need to learn, participate and simply be a kid.

That is where school nutrition programs can make such a tangible difference.

During the 2025–26 school year, Breakfast Club of Canada supported 5,632 school nutrition programs reaching 941,965 children across the country. They work with schools and community partners to provide nutritious breakfasts, food and equipment, funding, training and support so that children can begin their day fed and ready to learn.

There is something incredibly simple and important about that to me: feed the kids.

A breakfast will not solve every challenge a family experiencing food insecurity faces. But it can mean that, for that morning, a child doesn’t have to sit through class hungry. They can eat. They can concentrate. They can learn. And they can start their day knowing that someone has made sure there is food there for them.

I’m running this marathon for personal reasons, but I’m grateful that it can also be an opportunity to support work like this.

If you would like to support my fundraiser, every contribution helps Breakfast Club of Canada continue bringing nutritious food into schools and reaching children who need it.

Because children should be able to come to school hungry to learn — not simply hungry. ❤️