Total sales from the National Bank’s seventh annual fundraising campaign to benefit the Club des petits déjeuners du Québec and Breakfast Clubs of Canada surpassed half a million dollars—meaning that, over the holiday season, a great many people bought or received a cute Kettö-designed box filled with Theobroma Chocolat™ organic chocolates.

Children from the Club des petits déjeuners du Québec at Charles-Bruneau school welcomed Maestro Kent Nagano and five musicians from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM), who visited them to perform classical music and lead a workshop introducing various orchestral instruments. Organized as part of the National Bank’s symphony lunch program, the event was attended by Diane Giard, executive vice-president, marketing, National Bank, and Daniel Germain, founder and president of the Club des petits déjeuners du Québec.

n classrooms across Canada there are future prime ministers, teachers and Stanley Cup champions. Everything is possible when children have breakfast - but 1 in 10 children are at risk of going to school on an empty stomach.