Bread and Beyond

05/20/2026

We are deeply grateful for the continued support from The Fondation Grace Dart / Grace Dart Foundation

This funding helps make possible our senior-led intergenerational sandwich-making program — a program that has grown into so much more than food preparation. Each week, older adults from across our community come together to make thousands of sandwiches for organizations supporting people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity in Montreal.

What began as a volunteer initiative has become a vibrant space for connection, purpose, laughter, music, friendship, and community. Many of our participants are older adults living alone, and the program has become an important place of belonging and meaningful contribution.

Thanks to this continued support, the program continues to grow — creating impact not only through food security, but through reducing isolation, building confidence, and creating opportunities for older adults to lead, contribute, and thrive.

To the Grace Dart Foundation: thank you for believing in this work and for continuing to invest in older adults, community connection, and dignity for all.

Thank you for your trust and partnership.

À la Fondation Grace Dart, nous sommes heureux de soutenir les organismes tels que Bread and Beyond et leur Programme intergénérationnel de préparation de sandwichs animé par des aînés. Au-delà de la satisfaction des besoins alimentaires immédiats, cette initiative a démontré des avantages supplémentaires considérables, en particulier pour les aînés. Elle est devenue bien plus qu’un simple programme de bénévolat : c’est désormais un espace riche de sens, propice aux liens, à l’épanouissement et à la vie communautaire. Au cours des quatre dernières années, le programme a triplé de taille et a vu sa participation augmenter de 50 %, devenant ainsi un élément important et enrichissant de la vie des aînés.

We at the Fondation Grace Dart / Grace Dart Foundation are happy to provide support to Bread and Beyond and their Senior Led Inter-Generational Sandwich Making Program. Beyond meeting immediate food needs, this initiative has demonstrated significant additional benefits, particularly for seniors. It has evolved into more than just a volunteer program—it is now a meaningful space for connection, purpose, and community. Over the past four years, the program has tripled in size and seen a 50% increase in participation, becoming an important and enriching part of seniors’ lives.

04/25/2026

What an amazing team Edgewater Elementary School!!! We loved meeting you- your questions showed how much insight you have into the challenges people have when living without a safe home and then wow! What an amazing collection you have done! These will be shared amongst our partner organizations next week. You showed us what a caring community can do! Thank you!

401 and 402 are proud to announce that, in association with Bread and Beyond, a total of 409 pairs of socks and 79 pairs of shoes have been collected for the homeless. We appreciate your support in helping others to keep on walking! 💚💙🩵🙏🏻

04/20/2026

It’s National Volunteer Week and we’re celebrating the people who make everything possible ❤️

Our volunteers are our heart, our legs, our backbone. We simply couldn’t do this work without you.

You show up—again and again—giving your time, your energy, and your care. Always with warmth, always with laughter. No spotlight, no reward—just the quiet, powerful knowing that you’re helping neighbours living with food insecurity or without a safe home feel seen, supported, and a little more hopeful.

That impact is everything.

From all of us at Bread & Beyond: thank you for being the reason this community keeps moving forward.



C’est la Semaine nationale du bénévolat et nous rendons hommage à celles et ceux qui rendent tout cela possible ❤️

Nos bénévoles sont notre cœur, nos jambes, notre pilier. Nous ne pourrions tout simplement pas accomplir cette mission sans vous.

Vous êtes toujours présents, donnant généreusement de votre temps, de votre énergie et de votre bienveillance. Toujours avec chaleur et bonne humeur. Sans reconnaissance ni récompense, juste la satisfaction profonde de savoir que vous aidez des personnes en situation d’insécurité alimentaire ou sans domicile fixe à se sentir écoutées, soutenues et à retrouver un peu d’espoir.

Cet impact est essentiel.

De la part de toute l’équipe de Bread & Beyond : merci d’être la raison pour laquelle cette communauté continue d’avancer.

04/16/2026

This will be an informative and thought provoking talk from James Hughes.. highly recommended.

TEDx Event in Montreal 2025 TEDxStLaurentBlvd features talks that challenge the status quo and ignite new perspectives.

04/14/2026

Ever wondered what our group sessions on Wednesday mornings look like? Thanks to the TGO-Orthodontics team for joining us to find out. ❤️🥪🥪🥪❤️

04/13/2026

WE’RE HIRING / ON EMBAUCHE

Do you want a job that makes a difference every day? 💛
Envie d’un emploi qui fait une vraie différence au quotidien?

At Bread and Beyond, we help people transitioning out of homelessness and vulnerable situations move into housing with what they need to feel at home.
Chez Au-delà du pain, on aide des personnes à s’installer avec dignité en leur fournissant les essentiels pour repartir à neuf.

You’ll be coordinating the program, working with community partners, and helping make sure people have what they need to settle into their new space.

Important:
🚗 You must have a driver’s license + access to a car
(permis + voiture obligatoires)

Mindset > experience
👉 We’re looking for someone organized, proactive, and community-minded
👉 Training and support provided

📧 Apply / Postule : [email protected]
🔗 Full job description / Description complète : link in bio/ comments

Tag someone who would be perfect for this! 
Identifie quelqu’un qui serait parfait pour ce rôle!

04/10/2026

The 2025 point-in-time count confirms another rise in visible homelessness in Quebec, now estimated at more than 12,000 people.
Montreal still represents over 40% of the province’s homeless population, but the largest increases are being seen outside the city.
While rehousing efforts are underway, they cannot keep up without stronger prevention policies.
Delaying action will only make the crisis more complex and harder to resolve.

Le dénombrement ponctuel de 2025 confirme une nouvelle hausse du nombre de personnes sans abri au Québec, estimé maintenant à plus de 12 000.
Montréal représente toujours plus de 40 % de la population sans abri de la province, mais les plus fortes augmentations se font sentir à l’extérieur de la ville.
Bien que des efforts de relogement soient en cours, ils ne pourront pas suffire sans des politiques de prévention plus rigoureuses.
Retarder l’action ne fera qu’aggraver la crise et la rendre plus difficile à résoudre.

04/08/2026

Please send a huge virtual fist bump to the very inspiring, proactive and caring Bread and Beyond club at Willingdon School who raised $3000 (yes!!!) to buy items for the essentials boxes. These boxes go to people transitioning out of homelessness, young people moving out of residential and foster care and newly arrived refugees. The students are putting this together with a very generous donation of $500 from IKEA and getting together to order the items online for delivery next week. You guys are truly amazing and very cool to be this kind and caring- you show us all how it should be done!

So proud of our Bread & Beyond Club, led by our wonderful Grade 4 teacher, Ms. Leckner! Bread & Beyond is a local organization supporting people experiencing homelessness, and once a week during lunch hour, our students roll up their sleeves to help — making sandwiches, packaging baked goods with kind messages, creating cards for hospital workers and taking on a variety of meaningful projects throughout the year. This year, the club also ran a fundraiser and raised over $3,000 to buy essentials like kitchenware, bedding and bathroom accessories for individuals transitioning out of homelessness. When you do good, it inspires others to join in. Because we’re purchasing these items through IKEA, they generously added an extra $500 to support our efforts. We’re proud to have a club in our school dedicated to supporting Bread & Beyond’s mission and other important causes, showing just how powerful it is when young people choose to give back.

07/16/2025

We are incredibly grateful to our volunteers and donors who make it possible for us to support the amazing work carried out by La Maison Du Père

🤝 Unis pour mieux accompagner

Grâce à un partenariat avec l’organisme Bread and Beyond, nous pourrons offrir aux participants de notre programme de réinsertion sociale des kits de départ contenant tout ce qu’il faut pour leur début en logement.

Catherine, notre coordonnatrice à la réinsertion sociale, a récemment visité leurs locaux :
« Bread and Beyond est un organisme qui, je dois dire, est impressionnant et fait un gros travail. »

L'organisme propose des boîtes d’essentiels complètes et personnalisables pouvant inclure :
✅ Une boîte d’épicerie avec une carte Dollarama inclus
✅ Une boîte pour la cuisine
✅ Une boîte pour la chambre
✅ Une boîte pour la salle de bain
✅ Une boîte de produits nettoyants

Et mieux encore : nos participants pourront même s’impliquer comme bénévoles. Une belle façon de redonner au suivant.

Merci à Kirstie, fondatrice et directrice de Bread and Beyond, à toute l’équipe pour leur accueil et merci à vous tous qui avez soutenu notre campagne de kits de départ. 💛