Help Blue Grouse Winery Feed Cowichan Families!

Island Winery Calls on British Columbia to Help Feed Cowichan Families

One dollar from every Blue Grouse wine sold in April and all donations made here, will go to Nourish Cowichan.

[Duncan, BC] After a successful campaign in 2020, Blue Grouse Estate Winery is doing it again. through April, in honor of BC Wine Month, Blue GrouseEstate Winery is making the call to support locals and buy their wine. 

Last year through sales and matching funds BlueGrouse was able to donate $10,000 to NourishCowichan and provide 5,000 meals to families in need. Nourish Cowichan was created to feed children in need in the Cowichan Valley where rates of child poverty rank as the second-highest in BC, a staggering 30%. Many of the children affected by hunger in the Valley were going to school without breakfast and the only food they would receive was through the Nourish Cowichan program. A year into the pandemic, the number of families struggling with food insecurity has only increased with meals being distributed to children in 16 schools and one daycare center. Nourish Cowichan has also expanded the breakfast program to provide lunch and snacks as well as weekend bags that feed families of up to four people. Many children are not back to school full time but still depend on these food donations.

In 2020 alone, Nourish Cowichan provided 330,850 meals for families in need.“While we are optimistic that we will soon be on the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic,” notes Blue Grouse Estate Winery owner Paul Brunner, “the Blue Grouse team and our family will continue to help our local community and those most in need in that community.”The Nourish Cowichan Society works hard to protect and feed families at risk where parents may have lost their income and provide emergency hampers with donated non-perishable items, supermarket gift cards, and more. They need your support whether through a wine purchase or donation here."