Canadians waste about $31 billion of food every year. In North America, over 30%[*] of fruits and vegetables will not make it to the shelves because they don't look pretty enough. Ugly looking food also have lots of nutrients and we at Just be Water want to do something with it with our team.
#UglyAndNutritious
Thanks to our partner’s support, we will be collecting any overstocked grocery and food items from them. We will then package and put these into good use. Donate to other charities, repackage them at a value price to people in need and partner with other organizations that can use these ingredients for further processing. In short - we put in the efforts to put these fresh and nutritious food into good use.
Everyone in the community can join this effort. Businesses or households with own garden, share your excess food with us! We always need volunteers to help our staff in all areas - sorting, packaging, delivering food. And through this effort, we let everyone in the community to engage with each other.
Just be Water creates opportunities for communities to work together - including ones that may just need one chance to thrive. Some people may get these chances earlier and more naturally in their lives to thrive. For ones that don't, we would like to create real life projects that we can involve them in.
Projects that will provide them opportunities to learn various skills such as job skills, social skills and the importance of giving back. Therefore, the projects we initiate will always focus on giving back to the community.
Laozi, a Chinese philosopher, wrote that Water represents 7 attributes of doing good deeds (水有七善).
They are Natural, Calm, Equal Opportunist, Trustworthy, Honorable, Adaptive and Timely
We would like to create different opportunities for our staffs and communities to practice these 7 deeds. If you agree with these attributes, then remember to just be water.
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