Fundraising initiative will allow attendees to sample everything Sudbury has to offer, while helping with life skills programming and filling the shelves of the emergency food bank
An increase in need and rising food costs have many food banks in need, and the Inner City Home of Sudbury is no different. That’s why they are trying something new this year to raise funds for their programming and emergency food bank — A Taste of Sudbury.
“People can wander around and talk to each other, we’ll have these little tables where they can sit and enjoy their little treats. There'll be a cash bar and there'll be quiet music in the background.”Inner City Homes’ administrator, Ro Mullen, told Sudbury.com in September that the Inner City Home’s food bank has seen a 42-per-cent increase in usage. “And that's not since the beginning of COVID, that’s since 2021,” she said.
A dollar donated to the food bank used to translate to $6 of food, but that has changed now to $3. While they are always happy for food donation, Drago said, “With the cash if you give a $10 donation, we can buy $30 worth of food.” “We're a non-profit, but we don't get any funding, so we have to raise all the money we can,” said Drago, mentioning the recent need to put a new roof and porch on the home, at a cost of $25,000 and $23,000 respectively, and all paid for with fundraising. “Our board has to raise that money in order to look after those expenses. So it's a big job.”
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