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Donate A Dish Comes To Kawartha Lakes

KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KLFS) has partnered with BOB-FM to launch the Donate A Dish – City of Kawartha Lakes campaign.

COVID-19 has been devastating to the restaurant and food service industry. At the same time, it has also pushed many families with precarious employment below the poverty line, leaving households food insecure.

The purpose of Donate A Dish – City of Kawartha Lakes is to help these local restaurants and hungry households at the same time.

For every $600 donated, 40 frozen meals will be purchased from our local restaurants, which will then be distributed through KLFS’ member food banks to individuals and families in need. These food banks are located in Coboconk, Dunsford, Fenelon Falls, Kinmount, Little Britain, Omemee, Woodville, and Lindsay.

Participating restaurants will be confirmed in early May, but the hope is to be able to engage with businesses throughout CKL.

“Donate A Dish City of Kawartha Lakes will not only provide a financial boost for our local restaurants and support our local economy,” said Vince Bierworth, Promotions Manager for 91.9 BOBfm. “It will also supply delicious and nutritious meals to those facing food insecurity in our communities. Everyone benefits from this initiative in some way.”

“This initiative is amazing and we’re so excited that BOBfm thought to try it in our area after the success they saw in Peterborough,” said Kate Dorotheou, Community Engagement Coordinator for Kawartha Lakes Food Source. “It has been a challenging year for everyone, and we know that our food bank clients will appreciate having nutritious ready-to-eat meals.”

Donate A Dish – City of Kawartha Lakes has no minimum donation amount. Every dollar helps support our community. Click here to donate now or contact KLFS to arrange for a cash donation. They can be reached at 705-324-0707.

For more details about this campaign or if you are a local restaurant that would like to participate, visit 919BOBFM.com.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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