The 81st annual CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast was a big win for a number of local charities and non-profit organizations in Grey Bruce.
With no public concert at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound this year due to Covid restrictions, local musicians entertained on the CFOS airwaves with recordings for the seven-hour fundraising broadcast Sunday and announcers read pledges to the tune of $40,000.
It is the highest amount ever raised by end of broadcast in the history of the event.
Donations to the cause will still be accepted until the end of January at any RBC branch in Bruce and Grey counties during regular business hours.
All of the funds raised by the 81st CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will be distributed evenly between 22 charities and non-profits in Grey Bruce.
These are the organizations that will benefit:
-Beaver Valley Outreach (Food Bank) Thornbury
-Big Brothers Big Sisters Grey Bruce
-Bruce Grey Child & Family Services Foundation
-Brucelea Haven (County Home) Walkerton
-Crimestoppers Grey/Bruce
-Gateway Haven (County Haven) Wiarton
-Golden Town Outreach (Food Bank)
-G.R.A.C.E.
-Grey – Bruce Women’s Centre (Emergency Shelter) Owen Sound
-Grey Gables (County Home) Markdale
-Keystone Residence Program for Youth at Risk
-Lee Manor (Country Home) Owen Sound
-OSHaRE
-Owen Sound Firefighters Toy Drive
-Intertownship Firefighters Toy Drive
-Participation Lodge, Holland Centre
-Rockwood Terrace (Country Home) Durham
-Salvation Army (Food Bank) Owen Sound
-Safe ‘N Sound (Homelessness Initiative) Owen Sound
-St. John’s Ambulance
-Victim Services Grey-Bruce
-Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey