Community Helpers Unite:

Partner for Impact

Bridging demand and capacity for a food-secure Winnipeg through an Indigenous-led Social Food Enterprise. Built on a "Say Yes" model of self-sufficiency & dignity, CHU ensures that every corporate catering order directly fuels the recovery and delivery of surplus food to our community. At the heart of this work is our signature Indigenous-rooted comfort catering, featuring traditional stewsand fresh-baked bannock and home-cooked classics, bringing the spirit of community to your table.

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Spotlight on Community Capacity Development Initiatives

The Big Picture:

Our mission at CHU is to reduce food insecurity with affordable and free meals, food education, and mentorship for the community.

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Founder's Vision:

How Brandyʼs journey built the self-funded heart of CHU, a mission rooted in dignity and the power of saying yes to our community.

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Proven Excellence:

Praised by the President of CF, CHUʼs Indigenous-led kitchen proves culinary standards & grassroots goals can & should go hand in hand.

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Our Story

Five Years of Self-Sufficiency: Now Facing a Scaling Challenge

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For five years, Community Helpers Unite (CHU) has been Winnipeg's Indigenous-led Social Food Enterprise, proudly self-funded through our signature Indigenous-rooted comfort catering and nonprofit food contracts. As an official partner of La Tablée des Chefs, we've built a Public Health approved system that rescues thousands of pounds of food daily, transforming it into 20,000+ dignified meals monthly for vulnerable communities. We are a proven engine of social change, not a charity.

5,000+

Pounds Rescued Daily

Transforming surplus food into essential nourishment through our daily recovery and upcycling operations.

40+

Strategic Partnerships

Supporting 40+ grassroots agencies with reliable deliveries of culturally appropriate bulk ingredients.

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Sq. Ft. Commercial Kitchen

Over 2,000 square feet dedicated to Indigenous-rooted catering and sustainable food upcycling.

Sq. Ft. Warehouse & Hub

Our logistical anchor for recovered food items, providing a centralized distribution point for 20+ grassroots agencies across the region.

20K+

Monthly Meals

Providing 20,000 dignified hot meals & sandwiches every month, distributed through weekly partnerships with over 10 different community outreach walks.

40ft

Smart Cold Storage

Secured via CCC Mb and the Shania Twain Foundation, enabling us to "Say Yes" to large scale fresh food rescues for our 20+ partner agencies.

72-Hour Intervention Model

72-Hour Model

Distributing 300+ Monthly Food & Hygiene Bundles

We currently distribute 300+ bundles via community social workers, providing 900+ days of safety every month. Hunger is a driver of the meth crisis. Our bundles provide a 3-day supply of dignity, 72 hours where someone can focus on mental health & safety instead of survival.

5 Ton+

Recovery Fleet

A 5-ton truck and two cargo vans providing daily, zero-cost food diversion and logistics for our community partners.

But our success has created a critical challenge: community demand has exploded. The need for our services now far exceeds what catering profits alone can sustain. This is a classic supply chain dilemma, demand has outstripped capacity. We need strategic partners to help us bridge this gap and ensure no one is left behind.

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How to get involved

Explore Ways You Can Get Involved In Our Mission

Donate

Make a Donation

Help nourish our community with CHU!

Every gift to CHU helps us provide affordable and free meals, food education, and caring community support. Your donation helps stock ingredients, expand outreach, and sustain programs that make a real impact. Want to give with purpose? You are in the right place!

Volunteer

Volunteer Your Time

Make a difference with CHU!

Volunteers help CHU provide affordable and free meals, food education, and meaningful support for the community. Whether you can lend a few hours or show up regularly, your time helps create real impact. Ready to serve with purpose? You are in the right place!

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Partnership Paths

Two Paths to Profound Impact

Your organization can play a vital role in scaling CHU's impact, strengthening your own Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments, and building a more resilient Winnipeg. Choose the path that best aligns with your strategic goals:

Path 1: The ESG Catering Solution

Turn your corporate events into community impact.

Elevate your corporate events with CHU’s signature Indigenous rooted comfort catering that brings the spirit of community to your table. Our dignified comfort food doesn't just feed your team; it sparks meaningful conversations about community, heritage, and shared impact. Every dollar you spend is directly reinvested into our community programs, creating a powerful circular economy. You get exceptional food, and your event directly funds food security initiatives, enhancing your social impact and ESG reporting. If you choose, we can also collect leftover food from your event and thoughtfully upcycle it in our innovation kitchen, redistributing it to those in need across our community.

Culinary Excellence

Professional culinary excellence with freshly sourced ingredients.

Recovery & Redistribution

Optional surplus food recovery & redistribution available after your event

Verifiable Reporting

Verifiable, documented ESG contribution for reporting

Community Reinvestment

Direct community reinvestment with every dollar spent

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Path 2: The Strategic ESG Partnership

Bridge the Capacity Gap: Become a System Stabilizer.

Join CHU as a strategic ESG partner to directly address the critical scaling challenge of food insecurity in Winnipeg. Our 25% Savings-Share Model allows you to transform your food waste management costs into profound community impact, while simultaneously enhancing your ESG profile and becoming a vital System Stabilizer for our community.

Zero-Friction Food Diversion:

CHU handles all logistics of collecting your excess and insurance-claimed food, ensuring zero operational burden on your team. We turn your waste into nourishment.

Quantifiable Financial & Social Returns:

Our model offers a net financial benefit from reduced waste disposal costs, alongside a charitable tax receipt for your contribution.

Annual Impact Report:

Get a comprehensive annual report detailing how your corporate donations and diverted food contribute to ending food insecurity, providing transparent, measurable impact for your stakeholders.

"Say Yes" Partner Package

($30,000+ Annual Partnership):

Transform your corporate social responsibility into a narrative. Includes bespoke impact storytelling by Verity Creative, providing the auditable ESG proof and high-quality media needed to attract top-tier talent and partners.

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The CHU Strategic Asset Library

Explore Our Impact:

Dive deeper into CHU's proven model and see the tangible impact of our work. Our Strategic Video Asset Library provides auditable proof and inspiring stories across every facet of our operations. Each video is a testament to our commitment to a food-secure future.

Circular Economy

How we turn waste into nourishment.

Food Support Bundle

The journey of dignified meals to families.

Social Enterprise Catering

Behind the scenes of our professional kitchen.

Special Employment Program

Supporting at risk youth & marginalized people

Logistics & Hub

Our food recovery & distribution network

Partner Testimonials

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Proudly Partnered With The Following Organizations

Building Stronger Communities Through Partnerships

Downtown Community Safety Partnership

The Downtown Community Safety Partnership (DCSP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a safer and more welcoming downtown. They provide 24/7 assistance to support vulnerable and at-risk individuals and enhance community safety, health and well-being for everyone who works, resides, or visits downtown Winnipeg.

https://www.dcsp.ca/

CommUNITY 204

CommUNITY 204 is an indigenous-influenced group that supports, walks beside and advocates for the community of Winnipeg, with the goal to help people from all walks of life. Reinforced by their belief in Lateral Love, Lateral Empathy, and Lateral Unity, CommUNITY 204 works to encourage an abundance of Compassion, Camaraderie, Positivity, and Altruism for everyone they engage with.

https://www.community204.ca/

Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad Inc. (Ndinawe)

Ndinawe is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping youth in Winnipeg.Since 1993, their integrated services have been connecting children and youth aged 11–24 with the shelter, culture, recreation, education, outreach and support they need for safe and healthy lives.

https://ndinawe.ca/

Climate Change Connection MB

An affiliate of the MakeWay Foundation, CCC Manitoba strives to connect Manitobans to climate change facts and solutions.

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https://climatechangeconnection.org/

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