Sunny Boy Community Development Centre
Connecting people to food.
Building opportunity.
Proposed container
farm project
Growing Together. Learning Together. Thriving Together.
Our mission
To build food security, healing, and economic opportunity through land, community, and honest self-reflection, one person, one field, one season at a time.
Our vision
We see communities where food, land and belonging help people heal, learn, earn and build a future they can pass on.
Who we are
Sunny Boy Community Development Centre (SBCDC) is a Canadian nonprofit developing hands-on programs around food and growing. We believe food can do more than feed a family: growing it can build skills, restore confidence and bring people together.
What we do
SBCDC works across connected efforts that turn food into opportunity: creating access to fresh local produce, teaching growing and food skills, opening pathways into paid work in agriculture, and bringing fresh food directly to families and neighbourhoods.
The impact we work toward is practical: young people with real skills, families with better access to fresh food, seniors and community members connected through growing, and a model other communities can copy.
What we are building
SBCDC develops programs that connect fresh local produce with learning and work: agriculture-learning programs, school partnerships, and STEM and K-12 initiatives that give young people real skills and pathways into paid work in agriculture.
What we are working on now
SBCDC Container Farm Project - our first project. A proposed year-round container farm in active development: a site is proposed and the budget is being finalized. We've identified two pathways for the container farm: purchasing outright or leasing. Purchasing would give us ownership without ongoing lease payments; leasing would spread the equipment cost over time. We're pursuing support for both options, with the final choice guided by the funding available and the long-term cost of each. The faster these funds come together, the faster we launch and duplicate the model with new sites and partner organizations.
Maat Good Food Market - coming up. Our first community produce market with BGC East Scarborough: Thursdays, November 5 and 12, 2026, 10:30am to 5pm, outdoors at the Maat Centre, 62 Orchard Park Drive, Scarborough. Local farmers selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Feed 365 - in development. A community food partnership that gets fresh, local, Ontario-grown food to families on a steady schedule, supplied by partner farmers.
What is ahead
Community produce markets in future seasons, more school partnerships and youth programs, growing programs that connect seniors and community members, and new container-farm sites with partner organizations.
Meet the team
Soniel G. - Chair and Treasurer.
Richard H. - Vice-Chair. Background in workforce development and skilled-trades training.
Leilani G. - Secretary. A teacher with curriculum-building experience.
Diana B. - Director. Leads governance and risk, with a background in business and real estate.
Alton B. - Director. Focused on ethics, accountability and the nonprofit's overall wellbeing.
Contact
Give what works for you. For sponsorship, materials or expertise, contact the team at sunnyboycommunity@gmail.com.
Charitable status
SBCDC is not currently a CRA-registered charity. Official charitable donation tax receipts are not available.