Montreal Diet Dispensary (MDD)



		« Back to menu of archives section News - November 2011 Harricana 2011 Fundraising Evening Cost of the Nutritious Food Basket Eating Well at Low Cost 2010-2011 Annual Report 2010-2011 Campaign Harricana 2011 Fundraising Evening An exceptional evening for a great cause: giving at risk babies a good start in life! Join us on December 7th at Mariouche Gagné's Harricana boutique for the benefit of the Montreal Diet Dispensary for the fifth year. Not to be missed: a intimate performance from our new spokesperson Florence K! Cost of the Nutritious Food Basket Click here for the September 2011 edition. You wish to compare? The cost of the basket is available from January 2010 under Documentation in the Archives section. Eating Well at Low Cost The Janurary 2011 reference prices are now available on the guide Eating Well at Low Cost. The previous years edition of the guide are available under Documentation in the Archves section. Annual Report Get acquainted with all the activities of the Dispensary in our last Annual Report. Our services to mothers and their babies, research projects, training and communication activities, statistic, everything is there! Enjoy the read. 2010-2011 Campaign This is the time of our annual fund-raising campaign. Contribute now! Thanks to you, MDD babies will be born healthy! News - November 2010 New Partners We are welcoming a new collaboration with the team at the Mamanpourlavie.com site. Last fall, our fund-raising event "Marché de Noël chez Harricana" was advertized on the site. The new partnership consists in an exchange of services in the mutual interest of our two organizations dedicated to mothers and their babies. For a few months now, we have been able to offer our clients a practical baby carrier at low cost. It is the social insertion entreprise Petites-Mains that makes them according to our specifications. We wish to thank Liliane Bedey, graphist, who graciously laid out the instruction leaflet accompanying each baby carrier. News - January 2010 » Summary Report of a New MDD/DSP Study » Photo Art Book 360° » Fundraising Evening at Harricana » The 2009 MDD Christmas Baskets » 2010 Reference Prices » La vie est belle! » Food Security: WHO Definition Summary Report of a New MDD/DSP Study The Direction de santé publique de l'ASSS de Montréal presents the results of a study that was conducted by the MDD in 2007. The “rapport synthèse” of the study “Pratiques et perceptions liées à l’alimentation. Ce que nous apprennent les personnes à faible revenu” is available on line (in French only). Photo Art Book 360° Photo Art Book 360° is an innovative artistic project by photographer Yanick Déry and artistic director Fang Fang. Its objective is to raise 41 millions euros for foundations or charitable organizations all over the world, including the Montreal Diet Dispensary. Donors choose one of the 360 pages of the Book and Yanick Déry creates an original picture according to their wishes. Each page has a unique value of 100 to 1 million euros. 75% of this amount will be donated to the foundation chosen by the donor. This is what the enterprise “ Ima Bulle” has done in choosing the MDD. The photo session for this page was held on the 7th of February at the Théâtre National. All information on www.thephotoartbook360.com Fundraising Evening at Harricana On December 2nd, 2009, more than 200 people attended at the Harricana benefit evening organized by Christine Maestracci and the MDD with the great collaboration of the designer Mariouche Gagné and numerous artisans and partners. This evening permitted us to raise $7 500, the amount required by the MDD to provide 40 pregnant women in need with food supplements. The 2009 MDD Christmas Baskets This year, the MDD prepared 50 Christmas Baskets for its clients (a Christmas basket is composed of some food, toys, sometimes clothing and is complemented by food vouchers). The delivery was done by 10 volunteers and their friends. Also, an additional 36 Christmas baskets were prepared and delivered to our clients either by individuals or by students from a Ville St-Laurent school or by a social organization in Beaconsfield. Thus, 86 families received Christmas Baskets via the MDD. This is without mentioning numerous clients who, from mid-December, came to the MDD and have left with toys and food or, for 160 of them, a check from The Gazette Christmas Fund. Did you know that most of the new toys that we offer to our clients were given to us by CHM Communications, an agency who, for the past 27 years, coordinates the collection from several drop off centers in Montreal, including those found in Second Cup cafés. A very big thank you to CHM as well as to all our donors and volunteers. 2010 Reference Prices The 2010 Eating Well on a Small Budget guide is available online. *La vie est belle!* The photographer Isabelle Clément launched, in October 2008, her second photo-book, La vie est belle!, in which 25 well-known personalities share perspectives on life. As in the case of her first photo-book, Le sens de la vie, Isabelle Clément shares a portion of the book’s profits with the Montreal Diet Dispensary. Food Security: Up-dated Definition (WHO) Concept of food security means that: all people at all times have both physical and economic access to enough food for an active, healthy life; the ways in which food is produced and distributed are respectful of the natural processes of the earth and thus sustainable; both the consumption and production of food are governed by social values that are just and equitable as well as moral and ethical; the ability to acquire food is ensured; the food itself is nutritionally adequate and personally and culturally acceptable; and the food is obtained in a manner that upholds human dignity Source: http://www.euro.who.int:80/nutrition/Security/SecTop N.B. This definition is somewhat different from the one printed in the rapport synthèse ou our “Étude sur le coût du panier à provisions nutritif dans divers quartiers de Montréal”. News - January 2009 » Fund-raising Sale for the MDD » More recipes from our chefs Fund-raising Sale for the MDD THANK YOU to all those who contributed to the success of this event held on November 27^th, 2008, at the Atelier-Boutique HARRICANA and raised more than $5,000 for the MDD. This amount permits us to help ten mothers and their babies. Artists and Artisans • Mariouche pour HARRICANA • Botania • Carina Rose Design • Chocolats Geneviève Grandbois • Cyclus • Ingrid Audifax • Isabelle Clément • Itsi Bitsi • Marie-Hélène Bellavance • Mitouka • Nathalie B • Lysanne Pepin • Sacha Marie Levay • Spa Savanna Sponsors • Agence Braque • Amarrages sans frontières • André Schirmer • Archambault • Auberge Le Pomerol • Canoë.ca • Chanel • Le Chemin des Cantons • Diane Guilbault • Dyson • Embouteillage Coca-Cola • Exploratours • La Face cachée de la pomme • TOHU • Les Cons Servent • Médias Transcontinental • Quebecor • Board of Montréal Museum Directors • Fruits & Passion • Le Piémontais • Vins Arista Economical Recipes from our Chefs Eight new recipes are now part of the “Eating Well on a Small Budget” guide. Click here to discover the amazing and delicious Pork Liver Sauté, the exotic Curried Chicken Stew, the savoury Baked Haddock Timbale, the practical Vegetable Lasagna and others. Back to top of page