People Helping People.
That is the continual theme of the Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission and that was certainly the case on Saturday evening.
A packed house turned out at the Victoria St. S. mission for its annual Tambola fundraiser.
The event raised $650 to help operate the volunteer-run mission.
For those unfamiliar with this type of event, those who attend buy raffle tickets and everyone has a chance to win something.
“It is something we have done for the past 12 years. It used be called Christmas in July,” said mission president Tim McAllister.
While volunteers were busy at the door selling tickets, Kim Curtis, a member of the mission’s board of directors along with Inez Fox pulled the numbers. The items were all donated and all had a Christmas feel to them.
“I am thankful that the community steps up when we have these events,” said McAllister.
The Mission, founded in 1994, is located at 298 Victoria St. S. and is open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1:30 p.m. Hot meals are served at noon each weekday and the food bank is available Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Fundrasiers, including the annual golf tournament which raised $15,000 this year, help support the volunteer-run mission.
For more information, call 519-736-9140 or visit www.aburgmission.ca.
Mission hosts fundraising Tambola
By Fred Groves
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