KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KLFS) is blown away by the generosity of all who came to the Home & Christmas Show at the Lindsay Ex, Commonwell Building on November 3 and 4.
KLFS had volunteers posted at the doors to collect both nominal and food donations.
This year the show was hopping busy and all who came through the door had non-perishable food donations or gave generously through cash donations according to KLFS. Officials say the total for food donations jumped from 3,017 pounds of food last year to 4,815 pounds this year. Lindsay Movers & Storage donated the use of a container to store all of the food on site during the event.
Volunteer and Event Coordinator, Rebekah Willis coordinated the volunteers for the weekend and said, “This was an amazing show and the kindness of people who came out was amazing to see. People were coming with just not one item, but multiple. Total cash donations were down from last year, but with such a big jump in food donations that makes sense. Thank you to all who donated.”
Kawartha Lakes Food Source is a community effort to reduce hunger in the City of Kawartha Lakes. We operate from a centralized warehouse; we collect food from reclamation sources; buy food in bulk; sort and store food; promote awareness of hunger and its impact; and coordinate fundraising. We provide food to member organizations on a monthly “fair share” basis.
