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The story
Where your meals go
Every 27¢ counts as one meal in the 1 Million Meals Hunger Solution, a Bridges of Hope program that begins with school meals for children in Burkina Faso. Your gift also moves the national counter toward one million.
Give meals
Stand with this fundraiser.
In the form, please choose 1 Million Meals and write the name of this fundraiser in the comment or dedication box, so we can add your meals to it.
From Canada
Secure giving with an official Canadian tax receipt issued to you, the donor.
From the United States
Give through Bridges of Hope USA, choose 1 Million Meals, and add the fundraiser name in the note.
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Disclaimer: Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies (BOHINDA) is a registered Canadian charity. Donors may indicate a preference for how their donation will be used; however, the final decision on the use of all funds rests with BOHINDA. In accordance with CRA guidelines, if BOHINDA is unable to use the donation as the donor prefers, the donation will not be returned, but will be applied to the organization’s charitable purposes where it is needed most.
Start a fundraiser
Your birthday. Your class. Your church. A million meals.
Perhaps you have wished you could do more for hungry children than give on your own. Now you can gather the people you love around one goal. Create your own fundraising page in five minutes, share it, and watch the meals add up.
The one line to remember
When you celebrate, a child eats. When you gather, a classroom stays full.
Choose your fundraiser
Three simple ways to feed a hungry world.
Pick the one that fits your life. Every fundraiser gives to the 1 Million Meals Hunger Solution, and every 27¢ is one meal.
Birthdays
Perhaps you already have everything you need. Ask friends for meals instead of gifts, and let your birthday feed a classroom.
- Turning 10? Ask for 100 meals.
- Turning 40? Ask for 4,000.
- Anniversaries, graduations, retirements too.
Churches and Sunday schools
Answer Christ’s call to feed the hungry as one body. A Sunday offering, a Lent project, a kids’ coin jar.
- Sunday school “Coins for Meals” jars.
- A missions Sunday or potluck.
- A youth group challenge.
Schools and classrooms
Children helping children stay in school. A lesson in math and in mercy that your students will never forget.
- Class against class challenge.
- Bake sale or pizza day.
- A service-learning project.
Also welcome: teams and businesses, in memory or in honour of someone you love, or any idea of your own.
The plan
Three steps. Your own page.
Tell your story
Fill in the short form below: a title, a goal in meals, a photo and a few words about why you care.
We publish your page
Our team reviews every page and publishes it, usually within two business days. You will receive the link by email.
Share and watch it grow
Send your link to family, friends and your congregation. As gifts arrive, we update your meal count.
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People like you, filling plates.
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Be the first to start one.
The first fundraisers are being prepared right now. Yours could lead the way for a million meals.
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Five minutes today. Meals for years.
Before you begin, a few good things to know.
- Your name, title, photo and story appear on your public page.
- Under 18? Please ask a parent, teacher or leader to start the page with you.
- Every gift goes to Bridges of Hope for 1 Million Meals. Tax receipts go to each donor, not to the organizer.
- Choose a photo of your own group or celebration. Please do not use photos of children you do not know.
- Questions? Write to [email protected] and we will help you.
Your fundraiser toolkit
Make it easy for people to say yes.
Tell why
People give to people. One honest sentence about why you care is worth more than a paragraph of facts.
Use the 27¢
“Every 27 cents feeds a child one meal.” It is simple, memorable and makes every gift feel possible.
Share three times
At the start, at the halfway mark and in the last days. Most gifts come after the second ask.
Say thank you
Thank each giver by name. Gratitude turns one gift into a lifelong friend of hungry children.
“For my birthday this year, I am asking for meals instead of gifts. Every 27 cents feeds a hungry child one school meal. Will you help me reach 1,000 meals?”
Why you can trust this
Your guide knows the road.
Bridges of Hope has served families in 21 countries for more than two decades. The 1 Million Meals Hunger Solution is a Bridges of Hope program: we set its purpose and budget, and our team and trusted partners in Burkina Faso serve the meals under written agreements, reporting back on every dollar.
Registered and accountable
A registered Canadian charity (863616843RR0001) with audited financial statements and board oversight.
Every gift receipted to the giver
Canadian donors receive an official tax receipt from Bridges of Hope in their own name.
Pages we stand behind
Every fundraiser is reviewed by our team before it goes live, so your friends can give with confidence.
Disclaimer: Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies (BOHINDA) is a registered Canadian charity. Donors may indicate a preference for how their donation will be used; however, the final decision on the use of all funds rests with BOHINDA. In accordance with CRA guidelines, if BOHINDA is unable to use the donation as the donor prefers, the donation will not be returned, but will be applied to the organization’s charitable purposes where it is needed most.
Your celebration. Their next meal.
Start a fundraiser today and invite the people you love to feed a hungry world.
Why we do what we do
In Jesus’ name. For the glory of God.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”Matthew 25:35–36, 40 (NIV)
Six people Christ asks us to see. Six ways we answer.
Matthew 25 is our inspiration: we answer the call of Christ to care for the poor, the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the stranger and the prisoner, with compassion, love, justice and mercy, and we serve every person with dignity, whatever their faith. Every plate, well, classroom and loan is an act of worship. To God be the glory.