01 / The plan
26 services. Up to 1,040 meals.
One breakfast or brunch and one midnight service each week for 13 weeks. Each service is planned for around 40 people, with two peer helpers working 1.5 hours each at $20 per hour.
Food and water are free. No membership, work, identification, proof of homelessness, personal history, or donation is required to receive a meal.
This builds on our first community brunch. The full pilot is in preparation and depends on funding, a suitable venue, kitchen access, suppliers, and food safety arrangements.
02 / Working budget · CAD
$5,790 toward the pilot.
This is the current planning target, based on 26 services. It is not yet a confirmed all-in launch cost.
| Item | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Breakfast / brunch food · 13 services | $879.45 |
| Midnight food · 13 services | $1,363.18 |
| Drinking water | $1,144.00 |
| Paid peer helpers · 78 hours at $20 | $1,560.00 |
| Disposable supplies · 24 services | $257.04 |
| Folding table | $59.97 |
| Contingency | $526.36 |
| Working total | $5,790.00 |
The core estimate is $5,263.64, plus $526.36 contingency. Supplies already on hand cover the first two services. Bread and propane are assumed to be contributed in kind.
Still to confirm: venue and kitchen costs, utilities, transport, permits and food safety costs, applicable taxes, and fundraising platform fees. Supplier prices also need confirmation. The target or scope may change once these are settled.
03 / Where help matters
More than one way to help.
A suitable kitchen or service space, food and water, transport, supplies, and dependable partners all help make the pilot possible.
- $60 matches the planned peer wages for one service.
- About $68 matches the food estimate for one breakfast or brunch.
- About $105 matches the food estimate for one midnight service.
These are examples of individual budget costs; they do not cover an entire service or promise a specific number of meals per gift.
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Online campaign and direct donation details will be added when the receiving accounts are ready.
04 / Accountability
Keep the work visible.
The plan is to report confirmed service dates, meals provided, peer hours paid, and the money received and spent. No fundraising total is being reported on this page yet.
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