Kitchener-Waterloo

CBC K-W's Sounds of the Season campaign raises over $90K for local food bank

Sounds of the Season is a month of giving in support of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. The campaign officially wrapped Dec. 31, raising $95,507.30 for our neighbours in need.

Annual campaign raises food and funds for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

A woman stands on a stage speaking with a man. Both are speaking into microphones. The background behind them says "make the season kind."
Karen Pal has volunteered more than 1,600 hours at The Food Bank of Waterloo Region and tells CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition host Craig Norris about why she donates her time during the Sounds of the Season show on Dec. 8. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

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:

See highlights from this year's CBC K-W Sounds of the Season show

1 year ago
Duration 3:17
CBC K-W held its Sounds of the Season show on Friday. Here's some of the highlights.

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.

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.