Originally run by the student council, the program is now operated jointly by 12 teachers and 10 students who volunteer their time. Students pay 50 cents for breakfast with juice or milk. The breakfast program is made affordable because of partial funding by community sponsors. Donations also include 50 cases of juice from Tropicana, and a year-long supply of juice and milk from the Brampton Rotary Club through intermediary Good Food Enterprises. The McLaughlin IGA has also supplied cream cheese for the bagels and large cases of apples.
Teachers understand the importance of school breakfast programs.
They know teens with poor eating habits have low energy, are late or absent more often, have poor concentration and can be irritable or hyperactive. North Peel is located at 1305 Williams Parkway.