OUR CHARITABLE OBJECTS:

Grocer 4 Good Ability Development Program will provide employment opportunities for those persons with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, other intellectual disability, or who have been chronically underemployed. 

We will also help to relieve poverty by providing grocery basics at below fair market value, and undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of those charitable purposes.

OUR VISION:

Our vision is to create Sault Ste. Marie, where those with employment barriers can access meaningful and fulfilling work, but build resiliency, envision, and actualize their goals, and contribute to a thriving community. With a mission that is carried through our two projects, Grocer 4 Good and Cafe 4 Good, Employment 4 Good will provide employment and training opportunities for those who face barriers to employment.  

WHAT DOES YOUR DONATION DO?

 Your donation allows our charity to provide employment opportunities for our staff, over 90% identify as having a disability, and for most, this has been their first paid job.

Maintain a low markup on products (in some cases, we sell at a loss, such as our 4-liter bags of milk) to assist our customers, many of whom are on limited incomes.

Provide a sense of purpose and pride in having a rewarding opportunity - not just for work experience, but interpersonal development and life skills (we have seen this from staff learning to clean our staff washrooms and knowing how to look for past due dates on perishables)

Instill the values that we all have something to contribute to our community in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Support students (both college and high school) who come to us to complete their Co-Op Education credits (most recent partnership with Sault College, their Community Integration Through Co-operative Education C.I.C.E. program, and Algoma University, their Community Economy and Social Development C.E.S.D. program )