The Freddy Poutine Fest is a competition lasting 15 days, during which select restaurants in and around Fredericton create their best poutine to support a good cause. $2 from each poutine sold goes to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fredericton and Oromocto to help its mentoring program that ignites the futures potential.
Previously, 19 restaurants participated in the Freddy Poutine Fest, all contributing to fundraising efforts for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fredericton and Oromocto. This year, we are looking for more restaurants to join Poutine Fest. The event will take place from September 16th to 30th, 2024. If you are a restaurant wishing to participate in Poutine Fest in the Fredericton-Oromocto area, please contact us.
The restaurant that sells the most poutines will be declared the Gravy Bowl Champion, while the poutine that receives the most votes will win the Poutine Choice Award.
The event will start on September 16th, so you’ll have 15 days to taste all these delicious poutines and pick. your favorite!
Share your poutine on Instagram and Facebook using #bbbspoutine fest for a chance to win a gift card for one of the participating locations in Fredericton and Oromocto.
Voting will be done on this website starting September 16th.
Restaurants wanting to participate in Fredericton and Oromocto’s Poutine Fest, please fill out this form.
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WE CHANGE LIVES
THE COST OF DOING NOTHING
Many young people find themselves in vulnerable situations and facing adversities such as mental health issues, family violence, identity issues or poor living conditions, which put these youth at risk of not reaching their full potential.
PAVING THE WAY TO SUCCCESS
With the guidance and support of a mentor, these risks can be avoided, and these young people can gain the confidence to achieve more – higher incomes, happier lives, more contributions to their communities.
THE CONFIDENCE TO ACHIEVE MORE
Our mentors advise and challenge these young people, act as their champions, provide greater consistency in their lives, connect them to broader experiences, opportunities and networks, and provide safe, nonjudgmental environments in which the child or youth can confide anything.
WHICH LEADS TO BETTER FUTURES
HIGHER INCOMES
HIGHER ESTEEM
ACHIEVEMENTS
BETTER HEALTH
BELONGING
HOW DO WE DO IT?
BBBS creates individual and group mentoring relationships amongst adults and youth.
Mentorship is two-way, learning and development partnership where the young person needs are placed at the centre.
Young people’s brains are still developing, and that process is supported through back-and-forth interaction like the volley in a good game of ping-pong.
Mentoring is an important way to give youth experience with these essential serve-and-return relationships, developing them into healthy young people better able to deal with and overcome life’s adversities.
THE STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL MENTORING
RECRUIT
SCREEN
TRAIN
MATCH
SUPPORT
We have a comprehensive infrastructure for supporting mentorship partnerships: detailed legal screening of mentors to ensure child safety; a broad network of professional staff supporting mentors and volunteers; systems for selecting, approving and supporting volunteers; referring families to agencies that provide other services if required for the mentee and theirfamily.