It might not have been the literal coldest night of the year – that honour goes to the previous weekend – but the message on Saturday night (February 20) was no less powerful. People in our community are hungry, homeless, or hurting, and sometimes all three at once. Not being able to see them doesn’t make it not so. Fortunately, there are many in our community who care.
MBRP Exhausted Walkers. Photo: Martin Barkey.
By the time the Coldest Night of the Year walk began, 103 walkers on 19 teams had raised $24,790.50 of the Table Soup Kitchen Foundation’s $30,000 goal in online donations with more likely to arrive after the fact. Those funds will be used to support the Foundation’s food bank and various programs. (See Doppler’s earlier story on one of the teams, top fundraisers MBRP Exhausted Walkers, here.)
The top ten fundraising teams online were:
- The MBRP Exhausted Walkers $7235
- The Table Setters $3804
- LOB34U $2735
- Muskoka Community Church $2510
- Team Body Blast $1479
- Huntsville Council, staff and friends $1300
- Cardio for Carbs $661
- MCC 12 10 Youth $556.50
- TD Trekkers $515
- Team Johnstone $500
See full details for all of the Huntsville walking teams here. The Coldest Night of the Year is a national fundraising walk that began in 2011 to support charities in communities across Canada.
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