A radio tuned to 560 CFOS in the Bayshore Broadcasting Newsroom on Dec. 6, 2020. (Matt Hermiz/Bayshore Broadcasting)
The 82nd annual CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast hit the airwaves on Sunday and the community stepped up to support a number of local charities and non-profit organizations in Grey Bruce.
For a second straight year, no public concert was held at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound for the Christmas Fund Broadcast. Local musicians instead entertained with recordings of their work played on CFOS during the seven-hour fundraising broadcast.
In all, $27,269 in pledges were read by announcers by end of broadcast.
Donations will still be accepted until the end of December at any RBC branch in Bruce and Grey counties during regular business hours.
All of the funds raised by the 82nd CFOS Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will be distributed evenly between 23 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
-G.R.A.C.E.
-Grey Gables (County Home) Markdale
-Meaford Food Bank and Outreach
-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
-The REACH Centre
-Rockwood Terrace (Country Home) Durham
-Salvation Army (Food Bank) Owen Sound
-Safe ‘N Sound (Homelessness Initiative) Owen Sound
-St. John Ambulance
-Victim Services Grey-Bruce
-The Women’s Centre in Owen Sound
-Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey