Grocery Pickup for St. Mary's Families

Grocery Pickup for St. Mary's Families
Posted on 04/09/2020

Schools at the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board are used to feeding students with the Eat Well to Excel Program. But what do you do when you have leftover program funds and no students at school? Organize a grocery pickup for families in need!


Principal Karen Penrose at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Barrie recently used the remaining Eat Well to Excel money and made a trip to the grocery store. With a strict physical distancing protocol in place, Penrose contacted six families in the community and organized a curb-side grocery pickup at the school.


We are so happy to see our communities coming together to help each other during this stressful time and we thank Principal Penrose for organizing this for families in need.