CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season raises $660K for local food banks

CBC News | Posted: January 6, 2016 7:27 PM | Last Updated: January 6, 2016

9,558 kilograms of food also donated as part of charity drive

Media | Why people give to food banks at Sounds of The Season

Caption: At Sounds of the Season, the CBC's annual charity drive in support of food banks, we asked people why they donated food and money to those in need.

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CBC Toronto's annual charity drive, Sounds of the Season, raised $661,204 for local food banks this year and received 9,558 kilograms of food.

That's considerably more money than 2014, when $576,683 was raised, but only about half of the 19,116 kilograms of food donated a year ago.

The money raised from the event goes to support five GTA food banks: Daily Bread Food Bank, The Mississauga Food Bank, North York Harvest Food Bank, LifeCorps Food Share and Feed the Need in Durham.

The charity drive began on Dec. 4 at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto with an open house and a day of live music and programming on radio and television, raising $310,000 on that day alone.

Thousands of people arrived for the kick-off — some as early as 3 a.m. — to ensure they got a seat.

Donation pages are open until the end of January. If you'd like to donate, find out how here.

CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season raises $660K for local food banks

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