CBC K-W's Sounds of the Season campaign raises over $90K for local food bank
CBC News | Posted: November 17, 2023 6:03 PM | Last Updated: January 2, 2024
Annual campaign raises food and funds for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's Sounds of the Season campaign has raised $95,507.30 for our neighbours in need.
This includes more than $13,000 raised during the live airing of The Morning Edition from TheMuseum in downtown Kitchener.
This annual campaign raises food and funds for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. It also raised almost 90 kg of food.
This year the need was greater than ever with the food bank reporting a 45 per cent increase in the number of community members utilizing its services.
The food bank says it can take $1 and turn that into two meals.
WATCH | Highlights from this year's live show:
Read more about good work in this community
During the campaign, CBC K-W highlights important work being done in the community to help people who may be in need.
- In order to fund their food programs, Guelph Food Bank got creative and opened a thrift store
- CBC K-W Sounds of the Season cookbook: Dishes on a budget from local chefs
- Top 3 items needed by Waterloo region's food bank are pull-tab cans, tomato sauce and rice
- As need for food bank grows, volunteer says it's clear 'we really do affect the community'
- This shoebox full of goodies will help a woman in need this holiday season
Revisit previous Sounds of the Season
Last year, the local campaign raised more than $113,000, which translates to more than 226,000 meals for food bank users in Waterloo region.
Across the province, more than $1 million was raised for food banks in 2022 through CBC's Sounds of the Season campaign.
Click through the photo gallery to see past Sounds of the Season shows, including the very first one 10 years ago.