Dinner Auction

 

 

Outline Program (Indicative timings only)

5:30 Doors open - Cocktail Reception, Registration, Silent Auction open, Musical entertainment
6:30 Dinner, Buffet style.  (Salad followed by the main course)
8:00 Live Auction
8:20 Speaker on our Fund a Need Cause and Auction
8:45 Dessert buffet and Coffee
9:00 Door Prizes followed by dancing 

9.30 "Winners "of the silent auction available on information boards and Cashier Tables Open

11.00 Carriages

 

Helping Rescue More Food — and Feed More People

This year, Southampton Rotary’s Fund A Need will support the Salvation Army Food Bank in Saugeen Shores with the purchase of a much-needed walk-in freezer.

The need for food support in our community has grown dramatically. Just five years ago, demand at the Food Bank was around 100 per month. Today, it has risen to more than 350 per month.

At the same time, the Salvation Army has developed an important network of food donors. Through its involvement with the Canadian food bank network, and through generous support from our local grocery stores, it receives regular donations of fresh, frozen and other grocery products that can be redirected to people in need.

Locally, that support includes donations from Foodland, Vanderwerf’s Your Independent Grocer, Giant Tiger, Food Basics, Starbucks, Offshore Bakery, M&Ms and Walmart. Much of this food is still perfectly good to eat but may be approaching its best-before date and could otherwise go to waste.

And the impact extends beyond one food bank.

The Salvation Army acts as a central collection and distribution point, receiving donated food and helping redistribute it to other food banks serving our area.

.....But there is a challenge.

Fresh food arrives when it is available — not necessarily when it is needed. Meat, bakery products, prepared foods and other perishables can often be safely frozen, allowing the Food Bank to preserve these valuable donations and use them when demand is greatest.

Right now, there simply isn’t enough freezer space.

The most economical solution identified is a specially converted insulated sea container, providing substantial additional freezer capacity at an estimated installed cost of around $25,000.

That gives us a very clear goal for this year’s Fund A Need:

Help us raise $25,000 to fill the freezer.

It may look like a freezer.

But what it really provides is the ability to rescue more food, waste less, share more and help feed hundreds of people in our community.

Every dollar raised through this year’s Fund A Need will help turn surplus food into something much more valuable:

Food on the table for a neighbour who needs it.

At Southampton Rotary, we believe that is exactly what community is all about.

Please help us fill the freezer.

Raise your hand. Make a donation. Make a difference.

(See mock up image of a typical container.  For illustrative purposes only)