CTV Northern Ontario in Sault Ste. Marie for annual Feeding Families campaign
CTV Northern Ontario will be live on location in the community collecting donations to stock the shelves of local food banks this month.
One in five Canadians wake up hungry and CTVNorthernOntario.ca is rallying the community again this year to help families that need it most.
CTV Northern Ontario Feeding Families live in Sault Ste. Marie. (CTV Northern Ontario)
You can find us at the following places from 5 to 7 p.m. where we will be broadcasting live:
Oct. 2 at Pino's Get Fresh in Sault Ste. Marie, in support of St. Vincent Place
Weather Specialist Tony Ryma will have live interviews with Sara McCleary of St. Vincent Place and Mark Faught, the vice president of PUC Services, on Wednesday at Pino's.
While CTV Northern Ontario staff will be at Pino's collecting donations for the food bank, the grocery store will continue the effort the rest of the month.
Oct. 16 at Giant Tiger on Lasalle Boulevard in Sudbury in support of Sudbury Food Bank
Oct. 23 at the Metro grocery store in North Bay.
Oct. 30 at Johnson's Your Independent Grocer in Timmins.
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