Young girls and women aged from 7 to 17-years-old who are at risk and experiencing food insecurity due to COVID-19 are eligible for a monthly $50 gift card from the Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women’s Empowerment.

The Centre is operating a Food to Table Project in which recipients, must be women and girls living in South Etobicoke whose “household is experiencing food insecurity” due to the pandemic.

Registration open on the first Monday of the month and runs until December.

Girls are required to call or email the Centre and they will be notified of the pickup date or special delivery date of a gift card, officials say.

The programs at the Centre focus on the arts, life skills, academic success and leadership.

The Centre can be reached by email at info@jeanaugustinecentre.ca or visit them at jeanaugustinecentre.ca

Augustine was one of the first Black female MPs in Canada. She was elected in 1993 to represent the riding of Etobicoke Lakeshore.