Business After 5 (BA5): February 2025

Barrie Families Unite
Barre Families Unite (BFU) started as a Facebook group at the outset of the global pandemic (March 14, 2020). It was created to facilitate HELP within our community.
BFU was, and still is a grassroots initiative of community caring for community with grocery gap shops (between Food Bank orders), seasonal clothing and crisis situations.
Now, as a registered Not for Profit, Barrie Families Unite has established collaborations with many local agencies in our community. BFU, with it’s focus on grocery, clothing and crisis support has been able to help augment the valuable work being done by the Women & Children’s Shelter, Busby Center, CMHA, Salvation Army, Christmas Cheer, CATULPA, Empower Simcoe, Ryan’s Hope and many others.

BNI Ontario Central North
Founded in 1985, BNI® is a global, proven business networking organization.  Our members are business professionals who help each other grow their businesses through their commitment to our principal core value, Givers Gain ®.  Each week, in thousands of communities across the globe, members meet with other trusted business leaders to build and nurture lasting relationships and pass qualified business referrals.  Membership in BNI® offers access to business training, peer learning and opportunities to network and do business with hundreds of thousands of BNI® members around the world.