upcoming event -

LITE’s 16^th Annual Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast

Mark your calendars and pick up your tickets! LITE's Annual Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast is on November 23rd from 7-10 am at the Indian and Métis Friendship Centre. 

This year marks the Breakfast's 16th anniversary; its sweet 16! To mark this special occasion, we're having a pancake eating contest! What better way to celebrate 16 year than to watch people chow down on as many pancakes as possible! 

The Breakfast is the biggest celebration of Community Economic Development in Canada, and is a fundraiser for LITE's Alternative Christmas Hamper Initiative, which purchases food from inner-city businesses. 

Stop by, enjoy some delicious pancakes, listen to fantastic local entertainment (including Fred Penner!), watch the pancake eating contest, and get some holiday shopping done at the local crafters market. The pancake mix, eggs, and meat all come from local farms; the cutlery and plates are all compostable; the coffee is fair trade and organic; all of the caterers who cook the food are LITE partners, and the crafters are all local inner city residents. This truly is a community minded event! 

Tickets are $15, or $5 for low income/children 6-12. Children 6 and under are free!
Call the LITE office at 204-942-8578 or email lite@mymts.net to arrange for tickets.

Visit www.lite.mb.ca for more information about LITE.

Hope to see you there!

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About LITE...

LITE’s mission is to promote Community Economic Development (CED) by supporting inner-city initiatives in Winnipeg that build capacity and provide jobs among the chronically underemployed. We do this annually through strategic small- and medium-sized grants and purchases: our Working Solution Fund.

LITE's CED Grants Program supports locally-initiated programs for underemployed residents, especially at-risk youth, single mothers, and ex-offenders. These residents join one of our Grant Partner projects, where they receive job skills training, along with much needed job experience in supervised and mentored settings.

LITE's Alternative Christmas Hamper Program addresses both short-term and long-term needs by purchasing exclusively from inner city resident-owned-and-operated grocery and catering businesses in the poorest neighbourhoods -- for example, from Neechi Foods Co-operative. LITE then donates the food to the Christmas hamper programs.

Every year we aim to raise over $130,000 from generous Winnipeggers and leading businesses, such as Canadian Pacific and Great West Life, for LITE's "Working Solution Fund". We believe this charitable investment, which builds skills, experience, and responsibility among the poor who stand to benefit most, is the key to long-term health of our inner city communities. Instead of a handout, it's a hand up! 

LITE (Local Investment Toward Employment)

Phone: 204.942.8578

Fax: 204.586.3492
*Please note that LITE's office has moved to Winnipeg's new Social Enterprise Centre:

765 Main Street, Unit 203 Winnipeg, MB  R2W 3N5