BP Foundation | Children's Charity Canada

For over 30 years, our guests have helped us raise funds that help support children and families in need, creating stronger and healthier communities across Canada. To date, the Boston Pizza Foundation has raised and donated over $33 million to charities in communities from coast to coast and around the world.

Boston Pizza believes that strong role models inspire kids to be great. This is why we created Future Prospects – because things start to look up when you have someone to look up to.

Research shows that those who have had role models are more likely to*:

Feel Confident - 92%
Be Happy - 96%
Hold Leadership Positions - 47%
Have Post-Secondary Education - 63%
Be Employed - 17%

Through our charity partner, Live Different, we help connect kids with role models in their communities to ensure they have the guidance necessary to support their bright futures. Our amazing charity partner has helped us provide positive and meaningful mentorship to children and youth right across Canada.

As one of the largest organizations that speaks to youth in Canada face to face, Live Different offers programs that empower hundreds of thousands of young people every year with the idea that each life has value and that they can make a difference in the world.

Since 2009, the Boston Pizza Foundation has donated over $2.6 million to LiveDifferent’s Canadian Youth Fund—helping reach over 800,000 high school and junior high school students all across Canada with a message of hope and purpose. In 2020, LiveDifferent launched Circles, a new pandemic-proof program, gives students the opportunity to connect and take action. Through collaborative learning, dynamic video content, and the completion of guided compassion projects, Circles helps youth adopt key lifestyle values and impacts communities in meaningful ways.

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Since its inception in 1990, Boston Pizza Foundation, with the incredible support of Boston Pizza franchisees, restaurant and corporate staff, loyal guests and Boston Pizza suppliers and partners, has raised and donated over $33 million to support charities from coast to coast and around the world.

In restaurant fundraising events:
Tied to our Local Community Program, 100% of funds raised through our Valentine’s Day promotion are donated back to community charities across Canada as directed by each locally owned and operated Boston Pizza restaurant. Valentine’s Day at Boston Pizza brings a tradition of heart-shaped pizzas that date back to 1980. For over 40 years, Boston Pizza has brought the tradition to you and your family, friends or that special someone. Annually, Boston Pizza franchisees raise and donate hundreds of thousands of dollars that benefit hundreds of local charities in communities from coast to coast to coast!

The Boston Pizza Kids Card promotion runs annually in late summer, early fall. For a $5 donation to the Boston Pizza Foundation, guest receive a Boston Pizza Kids Card for five free Kids Meals. We thank our Boston Pizza franchisees for donating free Kids Meals as a way of thanking and recognize guests for their donations.

Every child has the ability to make a difference in the world, and at Boston Pizza we value how important positive role models and mentors are in supporting and inspiring youth to reach their dreams. Through Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects and our partnering organizations, we will work together to ensure ALL kids have the opportunity to have a positive mentor or role model to help support, guide and empower them to become all that they can be.

To get involved, please visit our Foundation’s social media pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We hope you’ll join us.

Michelle Schepel
Executive Director
Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects

Boston Pizza Foundation Future Prospects, Boston Pizza International Inc., Boston Pizza restaurants and Boston Pizza franchisees are proud to support a variety of community initiatives and programs throughout Canada that help build a better future for kids. Find your nearest Boston Pizza.

Looking for a gift card for your silent auction or charitable event? Or sponsorship for your school, community group or sports team? Simply contact your local Boston Pizza with your request and one of our franchisees, general managers or community relations coordinators will be happy to see what they can do to help you help others. Find your nearest Boston Pizza.

The Boston Pizza Foundation Invitational is Boston Pizza Foundation’s annual charity golf tournament. Our goal has always been to provide a great time for all while raising money to support a brighter future for kids. Over the past 25 years, this tournament has raised over $12.7 million. We are so grateful and appreciative of all the support we receive for our tournament.

Our 28th annual tournament will be held in Surrey, BC on July 21st, 2022 benefiting Live Different. For more information on our tournament, please email [email protected].