Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings Presented By Curling Canada
Egg Farmers of Ontario is proud to support the Egg Farmers Rocks & Rings Program presented by Curling Canada, reaching over 200,000 students a year in schools throughout Canada. Rocks & Rings is getting kids active in a lifelong sport right in their school gym. Having reached over 2 million children, we are proud to help grow the sport of curling at the grassroots level.
For more about this program please visit the Rocks & Rings website.
Feed Ontario (formerly Ontario Association of Food Banks)
Ontario’s egg farmers have a passion and history of donating to food banks. In celebration of our 50th anniversary in 2014, Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO) introduced a new egg donation program in collaboration with Feed Ontario.
The goal of EFO’s Egg Donation Program was to make it easy for egg farmers and all supporters to donate eggs to food banks across Ontario.
For more about this program please visit the Feed Ontario website.
Ontario Minor Hockey Association
Our partnership with the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) began in 2019 with EFO being the first-ever Playdown Sponsor for all sections of the league, from Novice to Juvenile, AA-AE. Since that time, changes to our partnership took place throughout the 2020 and 2021 season, due to the restrictions during that time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these challenges, the partnership has flourished and grown into a championship program with regional qualifiers that extends the length of play for teams and minimizes travel for families.
Rights and Economic Development for Nepal’s Empowered Women (RENEW)
Egg Farmers of Ontario has partnered with World Accord, an organization that works to support women around the globe that face issues such as poverty, gender-based violence and inequality by providing them with opportunities to become self-sustaining, on the Rights and Economic Development for Nepal’s Empowered Women (RENEW) project. A team of egg farmers visited the Makwanpur and Nuwakot districts of Nepal in late 2022 to determine the viability of women in remote villages raising chickens as a source of income. Armed with training materials and resources, the team will return to the region in late 2023 to share knowledge and information with the goal to further empower these women through economic and self-sufficient means.
For more information on the RENEW Project, please visit the World Accord website.
Student Nutrition Ontario
Egg Farmers of Ontario is proud to be a key partner with Student Nutrition Ontario (SNO). Through our partnership with SNO, our farmers are pleased to help nourish today’s students with high-quality, protein-filled eggs to start their day off right and be ready to learn all day long.
For more information on the SNO organization please visit the Student Nutrition Ontario website.
The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
Egg Farmers of Ontario is proud to be a supporter of The Grove Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario through a multi-year partnership and a five-year funding commitment. The Grove currently has four sites open throughout Guelph and Wellington County, with plans to grow to seven sites. The Grove continues to provide safe spaces for youth to access the resources they need — whether it be help securing their first job or coping with mental health challenges.
For more about this program please visit The Grove Hubs website.
Brian Ellsworth Memorial Bursary
To honour the legacy of Brian Ellsworth, who served as General Manager of Ontario Egg Producers from 1970 until 2003, EFO has established the Brian Ellsworth Memorial Bursary. This bursary provides $5,000 towards eligible applicants’ tuition cost for the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP).
To be eligible, applicants must: be an egg or pullet farmer, or family member or employee under an active Ontario quota number, or an EFO staff member; have been successfully selected as a class participant for the AALP; submit an application form to Egg Farmers of Ontario, including proof of successful selection, before May 1 of the year the class begins; agree to speak at an Egg Farmers of Ontario meeting and/or event about their experiences in the AALP.
For more information or to apply for the bursary, please contact dlange@getcracking.ca.
For more information on the AALP and how to apply, click here.
Egg Farmers of Ontario & Dr. Donald Shaver Scholarships in Sustainable Poultry Production
This scholarship was established in recognition of Dr. Shaver’s impact on layer genetics and sustainable poultry production. Open to students entering any graduate program or in semester 1, 2, or 3 at time of application, who are conducting or proposing research in egg farming. For more information on the Egg Farmers of Ontario / Dr. Donald Shaver Scholarships in Sustainable Poultry Production, visit the University of Guelph website.
Egg Farmers of Ontario’s Thomas R. Graham Scholarship
The Egg Farmers of Ontario’s Thomas R. Graham Scholarship was established to recognize the contributions of Tom Graham, a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1950. First awarded in 1984 this scholarship grants $5,000 to a PhD student, registered in their first year in an area of research and study in the general field of poultry science. If no PhD student is eligible, two awards of $2,500 can be awarded to MSc. students.
Tom Graham owned and operated Graholm Farms that was founded within the current town of St. Marys in 1953. The farm is now operated by Tom’s son and former EFO Chair, Scott Graham and his wife Laurie, along with his grandson Brett and his wife Jessica. Brett represents the third generation involved with the farm.
Egg Farmers of Ontario and the Graham family are honoured to offer this scholarship opportunity.
For more detailed information and how to apply please visit the University of Guelph website.
Food Bank Donations
Egg farmers’ ongoing commitment
Ontario’s egg farmers have a strong history of donating to food banks. In celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2014, Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO) introduced an egg donation program in collaboration with Feed Ontario (formerly the Ontario Association of Food Banks).
EFO’s Food Bank Egg Donation program makes it easy for egg farmers and all supporters to donate eggs to food banks across Ontario.
Beginning in 2014, Egg Farmers of Ontario committed to ensuring that at least $250,000 worth of eggs are donated to Feed Ontario annually in this program. This is one of the largest ongoing commitments to Ontario’s food banks.
The commitment currently provides about 9,000 dozen eggs per month throughout the year. EFO’s contributions were also increased dramatically to assist with tremendous pressure on food banks during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing annual commitment was increased to $300,000 annually beginning in 2022.
How you can join this donation program
Eggs are a vital protein in high demand by food banks and many egg sector stakeholders and private individuals support the program by donating funds that are used to provide even more eggs under this popular program.
Feed Ontario’s website makes it easy for anyone who would like to support this effort.
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