Boston Pizza Foundation

Do something great. Make a donation and make a real difference in a kid’s life. There are thousands of children across this country who need your help.

 

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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.    

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.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the leading youth mentoring organization in Canada. Since 1912, the charity has been investing in Canada’s future by helping our nation’s youth reach their full potential. Research has shown that girls who have a mentor are four times less likely to engage in risky behaviours, such as bullying and lying, and boys who have a mentor are two times more likely to enjoy school and believe that doing well academically is important.

 

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides mentors to over 40,000 children in over 1,100 communities. This donation is enabling Big Brothers Big Sisters to develop and implement mentoring programs in communities not previously reached. This support brings Big Brothers Big Sisters closer to their vision of ensuring that every child in Canada who needs a mentor has a mentor.    

JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of all people affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, treating and preventing this disease. Since its founding in 1970 (1974 in Canada), JDRF has awarded nearly $2 billion globally to T1D research, funding more research than any other charity in the world. Over three million Canadians have some form of diabetes, and JDRF strives to help people of all ages and at all stages of the disease to live better, longer, healthier lives.

 

Early in our partnership, funds donated from Boston Pizza Foundation helped support clinical trials of islet transplants at the University of Alberta in Edmonton with a treatment that became known as the Edmonton Protocol. This treatment is now used around the world at a number of hospitals and is showing great promise.

 

Over the last five years, the Boston Pizza Foundation has contributed to the support of clinical trials related to the development of the Artificial Pancreas Project (APP). By automating detection of blood sugar levels and delivery of insulin in response to those levels, an artificial pancreas has the potential to transform the lives of people with T1D. Currently in the human clinical trial stage, the artificial pancreas will truly be a revolutionary approach to managing T1D and significantly reduce the complications that arise.

 

These are exciting times to be involved with JDRF. With the dedication and enthusiasm of employees, franchisees, suppliers and guests, we are confident that we can help find a cure. jdrf.ca

Boston Pizza Foundation has been a corporate partner of Kids Help Phone and its counselling services since 1995. This program provides youth and families with mentorship support on any topic. It also offers adult role models leading-edge information through its world-renowned website. Children and youth can connect with a caring professional counsellor who can provide immediate kid-friendly insight, help and direction on a wide variety of issues relevant to youth 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

 

Over the past 21 years, Boston Pizza Foundation has donated over $3.1 million to Kids Help Phone. Our commitment is help young people to have a safe place in any moment of crisis or need.

Boston Pizza Foundation has helped support Live Different motivational presentations in high schools 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.

 

When students grasp this idea, many strive to become role models themselves and become more involved locally and globally, thriving in a lifestyle that cares for people, not things. Through its commitment to donate $1 million between 2009 and 2016, BPF Future Prospects has helped to keep Live Different on the road, enabling valuable mentorship opportunities with interns and students to help make a positive change in the world. In addition, Boston Pizza employees from across Canada volunteer annually for the Live Different Build in the Dominican Republic, helping to build sustainable and safe housing. Boston Pizza Foundation has also supported a school in Haiti through the purchase of a water tank, helping to ensure the students have clean, safe drinking water.    

The Rick Hansen Foundation School Program (RHFSP) engages young leaders across Canada, empowering them to learn more about disability and take action to improve accessibility in their schools and communities. Boston Pizza Foundation is helping RHFSP deliver free, bilingual elementary and secondary resources to thousands of teachers and students across Canada.

 

By investing in RHFSP, Boston Pizza Foundation is part of a movement to improve accessibility for people of all abilities and create a more inclusive Canada for years to come.

 

For more information, visit www.rickhansen.com/schools