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At our Annual General Meeting on May 2nd we said goodbye to Alan Wilkinson who has been a member of the Board for many years. Thank you Alan for all you have done for us. we welcome Jim Mccartney as a new Board member. he brings a wealth of experience in fund raising to the Board. We decided  NOT to collect those pennies for which you  will soon find no use, but we hope that you will donate them to those charities which re colleting them.

We started planning our Fundraising Dinner which will be on Friday June 15th. Our guest this year will be Bishop Michael Oulton. The meal will be a regular Lunch By George meal. Tickets to reserve a seat will be $10 ($12 at the door) and you will then be asked to contribute the difference between $0  and what you would udually pay for a meal out. There are a number of fun activites planned, including a silent auction. Email us at info@osgk.org if you want more details. See you there!

Thanks to all who bid on the Gingerbread Hall (see photos below). The inmates at Pittsburgh Institution made a scale model of St. George's Hall in gingerbread, and gave it to Lunch By George. The anonymous winner gave the Hall back to Lunch By George, and we will be offering it part of the goodies served with our coffee.

Our Christmas Dinner was its usual success, with the food prepared by Pittsburgh Institution inmates, and served by RMC cadets and many volunteers. A highlight was something not eaten: a gingerbread model of St. George's Hall where Lunch By George is held. These photos show the detail included, and the size of it.

For the emc coverage, please go to http://www.emckingston.ca/20111222/News/Lunch+By+George+hosts+annual+Christmas+dinner 

Thanks to all who came to the Silpada Jewelry Party on Wednesday November 30th in St. George's Hall. All proceeds from the evening will given to Lunch By George. Thank you Kim Lawrence for a wonderful evening and a generous donation.

We are pleased to announce that we have recently added two major donors to our ranks: The Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston and the Newcomers Club of Kingston have both made us recipients of donations, and we sincerely thank them for their help. We also received Care packages for our clients which had been put together by the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society Orientation 2012 at Queen's; for these also, many thanks.

We thank all who came to hear and enjoy 13! A New String Ensemble. They are generously donating their net profits to Lunch By George and we and our clients very much appreciate that generosity.

We thank students Lauren Kreps, Hannah Ascough, Danielle Muscedere, and Caroline Bedard, all from Loyallist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI), who helped us receive a grant from the Toskan Casale Foundation, Youth and Philanthropy Initiative.

We gratefully acknowledge a long term commitment from the Davies Charitable Foundation in remembrance of our late founder, John Coleman.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 


 

Lunch by George is operated by Outreach St. George's Kingston (OSGK), a volunteer driven  non-profit registered charity. Lunch by George is a breakfast and lunch program and morning drop-in centre for some of Kingston Ontario's most vulnerable citizens. In operation since 1985, Lunch by George is the largest program of its kind in Kingston, and it is the only meal program in the area

which serves lunch five days per week year round. Over 5,000 soups are served at 10 a.m. and over 10,000 hot meals are served at 11 a.m. each year with demand rising. We also offer free clothing and a Friday morning art program. We are a warm, friendly and reliable space for support.

Please drop in!

LUNCH by George
needs your help!

As demand for meals has increased, funding has decreased! Although our operating costs are modest, the provincial government cancelled its operating grant to us in 1996. Since then, the program has stayed afloat due to generous support from private individuals and local businesses. For us to continue to providing hot meals every day, we need your continued support!

Come see our renovated space!

 Thanks to The Ontario Trillium Foundation who funded our kitchen. To visit them, click on their logo