SAULT STE. MARIE -- The Twinkie Foundation is a Sault Ste. Marie charity that helps families, with children under the age of 18, who have to travel outside of the city for medical appointments.
The charity was created in 2017 and gave money to 13 families in its first year.
In 2019, that number rose to 69 families.
"To date in 2020, we’ve had over 20 applications," said Karen Lefave, executive director of the Twinkie Foundation. "We’re trending to have over 200 applications for 2020."
After a very successful fundraising year, the Twinkie Foundation board just approved upping the maximum amount of money families can apply for.
"The plan was always to grow the amount of money that we could give to families," said Lefave. "We have now increased it from our initial amount of $2,000 to $4,000."
The charity recently decided to expand who could apply for a grant. If you live within 100 kilometres of Sault Ste. Marie, you are now eligible to apply for funding.
