PLEASE JOIN US AND GO GREEN!!

We have 3 Winnipeg Landmarks going GREEN TO SHINE A LIGHT ON Celiac Disease Awareness Day on May 16th.

The Manitoba Legislature will be Green along with the WINNIPEG sign AND Esplanade Riel Bridge at the Forks!!

We have an Food Bank Initiative to provide Gluten Free Food Hampers through Harvest Manitoba to those living with Celiac Disease in Manitoba and have the Yellow Harvest bins for individuals to drop off a non-perishable gluten free food at the Forks from 7-9pm.

This is a part of an international effort around the world to shine a light on Celiac Disease.

Shine a Light on Celiac – Shining a light on the global impact of celiac disease – 1% worldwide

CLICK HERE TO DONATE: Donations – Canadian Celiac Association, Manitoba Chapter (manitobaceliac.com)

Join Us February 3rd 2024

The Board would like to thank the following supporters of our Pancake Breakfast and Gluten Free Food Hamper Initiative for their donations:

The Team of Volunteers who mixed and made Pancakes

Lee Kotowicz – Sobey’s Steinbach Manager

Kelvin Martinuk – Pollard Banknote

Shane Nobiss – Comfort Inn Airport West

Superstore Kenaston

Costco Regent

Celiac Canada

VENDORS:

Pamela Zettergren from Nosh on This

Chantal LaFreniere, Epicure Ambassador – Cooking with Chantal on Facebook

December 2023 Donation Drive For Harvest Manitoba Celiac Hampers

THE NEED NOW IS MORE THAN EVER

We are starting our December campaign a little earlier this year as the request for gluten free food hampers has risen from the food banks supplied by Harvest Manitoba in the province.

As we move into The Season of Charity, we are asking that you remember the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association as a part of your holiday gift giving.

The Manitoba Chapter has again, decided to approach those living with Celiac Disease in Manitoba to remind them that not everyone is able afford gluten free food. For the past two years of this initiative, we have had a consistent request for hampers. However, the past few months as prices appear to not be stabilizing; more individuals are finding it difficult to put safe food on their table.

The need for safe gluten free food has increased.

We are asking that you please consider setting aside a small portion of your donation budget to support our Manitoba Harvest Gluten Free Hamper Initiative. Consider donating what you spend on a couple loaves of gluten free bread or a couple boxes of gluten free breakfast cereal.  We estimate that each hamper has cost the chapter on average approximately $15, but we are seeing an increase in prices for procurement, and an increase in the number of requests. We hope you can help us reach our goal of $6000 which should cover a good portion of the hampers for 2024, if the need continues to rise as we are currently experiencing.

Our subcommittee of hardworking volunteers work to obtain donation of gluten free food producers, make bulk purchases of gluten free food for the hampers, coordinate volunteers, pack hampers and assist to sort food. This year in coordinating efforts with Harvest, we are working to find ways to supply more hampers to try and meet the requests which are at an all time high. This year we have packed 600 kits already which brings us to 1200 over the past 3 years of the initiative. We know that we would not be able to do this with out the generosity of our community in Manitoba.

For that, WE THANK YOU!

There are many positive things that have come out of the pandemic and one we are very proud of is solidifying our working relationship with Harvest Manitoba, in insuring safe food for those living with Celiac Disease in Manitoba. We know that every dollar counts.

Please take into consideration that the Chapter provides tax receipts for donations by cheque over $20. All electronic donations through Canada Help or PayPal through our webpage automatically have a receipt generated.  If you are not able to provide a financial donation, but would like to help. Please reach out as we are looking for individuals to help with procuring food, pack hampers or volunteering at events.

Thank you for listening and for your support of the Manitoba Celiac Disease Community!

TO DONATE CLICK HERE

Donations – Canadian Celiac Association, Manitoba Chapter (manitobaceliac.com)

All of those affected by Gluten are invited to attend the Canadian Celiac Association Manitoba Chapter’s Annual Hot Potluck Lunch and Speaker Winter Support Meeting

Saturday December 2nd, 2023

At the Maranatha Church

910 Sturgeon Road

11:00 a.m. to 1p.m.

We ask that the items food items for the gluten free potluck are prepared in an environment free from cross contamination of gluten. We ask that individuals include the ingredients written out with their food item and a dedicated serving utensil if required.

Please bring a gluten free item for Harvest Manitoba Gluten free food Hampers.

GUEST SPEAKER

Marilyn J. Wells of “MY GLUTENFREE KITCHEN” who is connecting VIA  ZOOM to give a gluten free ginger bread baking demonstration!

If you would like to connect via zoom please contact the Manitoba Chapter.

Vendor Tables will be present:

Piccola Cuccina

and

Steeped Tea

Prizes and Raffles

We would like to thank Kinnikinnick Foods for supporting our Annual Pancake Brunch with their incredible gluten free Pancake Mix. As well as a Donation from Costco Warehouse Winnipeg with funds for the procurement of gluten free breakfast sausages from their store.

AS well we want to thank the vendors who took the time to come to our meeting. Cocoabeans and Gabby’s gluten free Goodies

December 2022 Donation Drive For Harvest Manitoba Celiac Hampers

As the Christmas season ramps up, we are asking that you remember the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association as a part of your holiday gift giving. The Manitoba Chapter has decided to approach those living with Celiac Disease in Manitoba to remember that not everyone is able to put gluten free food on their table. This past year has been particularly hard and appears to be becoming more difficult for individuals.

 Please consider setting aside a small portion of your budget to support our continued Manitoba Harvest Gluten Free Hamper Initiative. The Manitoba Chapter has had a relationship with Harvest Manitoba for a number of years prior to the pandemic where donated food was collected at our in person meeting and dropped off at Harvest.

It came to our attention in February 2021, that Harvest was not able to sort for Gluten Free food as the pandemic had restricted their activities and they had moved to providing hampers to those in need. The Manitoba Chapter has held a Gluten Free Food and Fund Drive on May16th at the Forks for the past two years to collect gluten free food donations. In addition, a portion of monies collected over the Month of May and for our Walk-a-Thon in June were dedicated to procuring gluten free food for the hampers.

A subcommittee of the Board  solicited  donations from gluten free food producers and purchased additional GF food as needed to be placed into the kits. To date, we have had many packing events since beginning this initiative where individuals gave of their time to pack gluten free hampers and WE THANK YOU! We have packed over 600 hampers since we started this.  We estimate that each hamper has cost the chapter approximately $12 but we are seeing with our upcoming packing event that the price for procurement has gone up. We hope you can perhaps cover the cost of a kit or a little more.  

We are planning to keep this relationship going with Harvest as food security and access to safe gluten free food for those living in Manitoba is a priority. We would like to make sure that funds continue to flow to keep this initiative going and  support people in the Province of Manitoba who require  gluten free meal options.

We are asking that you consider covering the cost of one or more of our hampers to be packed in the new year. Also take into consideration that the Chapter provides tax receipts for donations by cheque over $20. All electronic donations through Canada Help or PayPal through our webpage automatically have a receipt generated. 

      We would like to set the goal of $3000 which would cover the entire cost of approximately 200 hampers.

  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!