Meals On Wheels Sudbury banks on catering revenue

Meals On Wheels Sudbury wants to cater your next event. 

The agency has re-branded and refreshed its existing catering service called Home of Our Own in the hopes of attracting new business.

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The executive director of Meals On Wheels Sudbury said the revenue from catering is vital to client programming. 

"Fund raising is becoming more and more difficult in the community," Kelly Zinger said. "We've taken a new look at how we're raising money for Meals On Wheels." 

Zinger spoke with CBC Sudbury Morning North radio show host Markus Schwabe​ on Monday. 

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Morning North5:14The other side of Meals On Wheels

Sudbury's Meals On Wheels provides a hot meal for hundreds of people every day, but the non-profit has a whole other side to it. It has a catering division. The Executive Director of Meals On Wheels Sudbury, Kelly Zinger was in our studio to tell us more.

Zinger said the public is invited to a Meals On Wheels Sudbury open house on Nov. 12 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1127 Bancroft Dr. People will be able to meet the catering manager there and sample some of the dishes available for purchase.