Mayor’s Golf Tournament raises almost $25,000 for food bank
ELORA – The Mayor’s Golf Tournament, held in September, raised almost $25,000 for the Centre Wellington Food Bank.
Mayor Shawn Watters presented food bank manager Curt McQueen with a cheque for $24,787 at a Dec. 15 council meeting.
“This is awesome. The funds will help us manage and sustain our numbers,” McQueen said.
He added the food bank was averaging 10 new households per month until fall, when the numbers jumped to 20 in September, October and November.
The funds will also help the food bank with new initiatives “to fill all the gaps,” he continued.
The food bank serves all of Centre Wellington but is located in downtown Fergus, which may be a barrier to those outside of town.
“We want to help everyone,” McQueen said.
