JLL Canada has formed a national partnership supporting the Breakfast Club of Canada. The company has set a target to provide a healthy start to the day for school-aged children by providing 100,000 breakfasts across Canada in the next year.

According to the Canadian 2012 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty, one in seven children arrives at school without having eaten breakfast. The number increases to one in four children in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities and is 2.5 times higher among immigrants.

JLL has provided enough funding to launch the program in two new schools – one in Toronto and one in Vancouver. In the next year, the firm says it will sponsor events across the country to raise money and get employees involved in their own neighbourhoods.