A Message from the Chair and Carmichael Outreach

A Message from the Chair of Play with Your Food It brings me incredible joy to look out at this wonderful community - a community that feels, in the best possible way, like the world’s greatest board game. One built on teamwork, strategy,…

Meeple in your Neighbourhood – Ali Thompson

For many people, tabletop gaming is about fun, strategy, and spending time with friends. For Ali Thompson, it has also become a meaningful way to give back to her community. Her involvement with Play with Your Food blends her lifelong love of…

Phyllis Ireland’s Journey with PwYF

Phyllis Ireland, grandmother to Chelsea Steenbock and great-grandmother to Jack Low, shares her story about how she began her volunteer journey with Play with Your Food. I would say my involvement began with the trip to Livingston. Chelsea…

Accessing the Forums – Tips and Tricks!

Play with Your Food does amazing work raising funds for our community, but did you know there is a wealth of knowledge right at your fingertips? Also, you can get involved in our board gaming community with Chewsday Challenge as well as other…

Meeple in your Neighborhood: Racquel Mohr Halland

When Racquel Mohr Halland first heard about Play With Your Food (PwYF), she saw a perfect match: “Carmichael Outreach is one of my mom’s preferred charities,” she said. “So when I saw that I could play board games AND support them, it…

Fundraising Tips : What works?

Our fundraising is well underway already, with a few successful events already under our belts! Here are some great tips about organizing and getting a fundraiser going from some of our seasoned veterans... Start Early! The early bird gets…

Meeples in your neighborhood: Carlos Rivera

If you’ve been to a Chewsday Challenge event lately, there’s a good chance you’ve met Carlos Rivera—registrar, leadership team member, Chewsday Ambassador, and all-around board gaming enthusiast. His story in the Regina gaming community…

Hidden Gems : Games You’ve Never Heard Of

Do you have a game in your collection that you wish more people knew about? What games would you love to get to the table but your crowd has never heard of it? Is there a game that’s out of print these days that you wish would get a revival?…

Book Review – It’s All a Game – Tristan Donovan

Ever wonder where the word “Scrabble” came from? What inspired the creation of Risk? Or why Trivial Pursuit became such a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s? Tristan Donovan dives into all these questions and more in It’s All A Game (2017,…

PwYF 2025/26 Campaign Launch – Every Move Counts!

Play with Your Food (PwYF) kicks off its 2025/26 micro-fundraising season on June 15. Get your gaming face on because our goal is to raise $75,000 over the next year. Teams will register and begin hosting a variety of gaming nights in Regina…

Meeples in your neighborhood: David Popoff

By Carmen Pauls Orthner A single flute can perform alone and still create beautiful music, just as a board game can be played solo and still be a great experience. But as both a musician and a gamer, David Popoff would choose the group experience…

PwYF 2024/25 Campaign Wrap

Dear PwYF Supporters, We are truly humbled and filled with gratitude as we celebrate the incredible success of the 2024/25 Play with Your Food Campaign. Thanks to your generosity and dedication, we raised an astounding $86,319 - all in support…

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