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Super Six For Kids Presents Goldibox: A Book Drive To Benefit The Children’s Book Bank!

 

Goldiboxes

 

GOLDIBOX is the first fundraising initiative produced by Super Six For Kids. Gold boxes will appear in various businesses, community centres and stores at selected locations around Toronto for the next two weeks. Super Six For Kids will be asking for new or gently used books for children from birth to twelve years of age from the public to support our goal of 500 donated books to The Children`s Book Bank. For anyone who is able to donate large quantities of books, in-person pickup will be available. Please support this tremendous charity and help us achieve and exceed our goal.
About The Children`s Book Bank:
“The Children’s Book Bank collects gently used children’s books from families who have finished with them and from publishers and retailers who cannot use them and distributes them through a storefront book bank in the Regent Park area of Toronto.
A visit to The Children’s Book Bank is much like a visit to a favourite children’s bookstore, except that the books are free of charge. The Children’s Book Bank has a large inventory of beautiful books suitable for children from birth to age twelve. Families are welcome to visit as often as they wish and every person is permitted to take and keep one book per visit. The Children’s Book Bank is staffed by child literacy experts who assist the customers in selecting appropriate books and who provide advice and support on literacy issues. The Children’s Book Bank offers literacy support programs including its popular Stories for Students Program and its Books Beyond Berkeley Street Program.”

About Super Six For Kids:
We are six first-year George Brown College students who are studying to become Child and Youth Care Counsellors. In order to give back to our community, our program has all of its students create locally-based fundraisers that support children and youth in the Toronto area.

Participating Riverside businesses include:
  • Pulp Kitchen: 717 Queen Street East
  • Common Sort: 804 Queen Street East
  • Appetite: 722 Queen Street East
  • Common Sort: 804 Queen Street East
  • Dark Horse Espresso Bar: 630 Queen Street East
  • Dimension Framing: 732 Queen Street East
  • Riverside BIA: 761 Queen Street East

 

For more information and locations of the Goldiboxes, visit Super Six For Kids or e-mail Michael Lamore-Robins at: supersixforkids@gmail.com

I’ll Be Seeing You…at the new place to meet for a drink and a bite in Riverside

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I’ll be seeing you…, owned by two sisters, with a dollar and a dream – Natasha and Vanessa, opened up at 747 Queen Street East on December 2nd.

This cozy new spot entices you in with its beautiful vintage decor: from the sister’s mom’s antique couch at the entrance to the hand-picked plate collection at the back. Feels just like a home (if we were super stylish that is!).

The sisters, originally from the West End have migrated to our East End, and have been frequenters of Riverside for some time now.

I’ll Be seeing you offers uniquely spun cocktails like the Smoke Show  – which gives a new twist to the classic Caesar – to The Disappearing Unicorn, which will vanish before your eyes….  Light fare like salted warm pretzels, cheese platters, and meat platters are the perfect accompaniment to go with a glass of Henry of Pelham’s Baco Noir. To satisfy your soul there’s the Mad Mac, mac and cheese with three cheeses and panko crumbs, or baked wings and pickled veggies.
Needless to say, we’ll be seeing you there soon!

Culinary Adventures

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Founded in 2010, Culinary Adventure Co., is Canada’s largest culinary tourism and experience operator. They offer neighbourhood food tours, culinary adventures, cooking classes and corporate culinary programming for clients and companies across Canada. Multi-award winning and highly ranked on TripAdvisor (#1 in Food + Drink activities, and Certificate of Excellence for 4-years running!), they are the top choice for tours in Toronto!

There have a special place in Riverside too, where Culinary Adventures Co. runs a wildly successful tour every Wednesday and on Saturdays (April-November) – bringing thousands of new people into the neighbourhood every year and boosting the local economy.

Company Founder, Chef Scott Savoie, is affectionately referred to as “Toronto’s Unofficial Culinary Ambassador”. He puts a high priority on giving back to the community and frequently donates his time to numerous charity events and causes to benefit the community. From his yearly presence at the Riverside Eats & Beats StreetFEST with a big canoe, to the Annual Antler Breakfast he puts on in support of community initiatives like the Rivertowne Breakfast Program – he is truly part of the heart of Riverside!

More about Scott Savoie | Chef + Founder

Chef Scott is a bilingual, private chef/culinary instructor with over 25 years diverse culinary experience. His mother introduced him to cooking at a young age, as he would often get underfoot while she made her delicious homemade bread. He got his first taste of the restaurant business washing dishes in a greasy spoon at the age of 12 and from these humble beginnings, Chef Scott gained invaluable experience. His early years were spent honing his culinary skills in Montreal restaurants and private clubs. He is well versed in a variety of cooking styles from comfort food to fine dining but is best known for his flare of marrying seafood and wild game with a fusion twist.

He founded Culinary Adventure Co. to showcase the culinary diversity of Canada’s largest city to locals and visitors alike.

 

Come out to Chef Scott’s next charitable community event: The Antler Breakfast on Dec 18!!

The Riverside Antler Breakfast is Back December 18th

Antler Breakfast 2014

Check out this video from 2014 to see all the fun that’s in store!

Come out at the crack of dawn for some hearty eats, fun-filled music, great company and of course, your antlers – all in support of a good cause in your local community! The Culinary Adventures Company presents the 2015 Riverside Antler Breakfast December 18th starting at 8am at An Sibin Pub. Tickets are $20 each ($10 for kids under 12).

Get your tickets online now or at the BIA office (761 Queen Street East).

You can also get your 50/50 tickets to win big in the BIA office and at the Breakfast

This year’s proceeds are again in support of the Rivertowne Breakfast Program, championed by Joan King and the Rivertowne Safety First Program. This program, currently funded by local mothers and community partners (Ralph Thornton Centre and Chef Scott, founder of Culinary Adventure Co.), provides children, youth and families in the neighbourhood with a free, warm breakfast once a week. It also aims to bring people in the Rivertowne community together regardless of their family’s income level and give them something to look forward to while building a sense of community.

Culinary Adventures Co. is also donating 5% of its online gift card sales for the month of December to the Rivertowne Breakfast Program!

 

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