On December 1st, thousands of volunteers from across the province took to the streets to collect donations as part of The Media Food Drive. VIVA MEDIA and partners volunteered their time to collect donations for Moisson Sud-Ouest looking to make a difference. While these have decreased in the greater Montreal area, The Media Food Drive in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region has broken records.
Thus, on December 1st, 574 hours of volunteering were done by the involved companies, people from the political sphere, and people who wanted to offer their time to the cause.
Helping families in need
All donations raised during The Media Food Drive will go to Moisson Sud-Ouest. This food bank serves the RCMs of Beauharnois-Salaberry, Vaudreuil-Soulanges and Haut-Saint-Laurent, including more than 80 organizations.
In Quebec, since 2021, monthly requests for food aid responded to have increased by 20%, reaching 2.2 million. Of this number, 671,000 are assisted each month, an increase of 9% since 2021 and 33% since 2019. 34% of food aid beneficiaries are children, according to the 2022 report from Moisson Sud-Ouest.
The number of people who have used food assistance programs has increased by 60% within the Suroît territory. Every month, nearly 11,351 people seek assistance, 44% of whom are children, an increase of 36% since 2021.
A record year in Vaudreuil-Soulanges
The 2022 edition of The Media Food Drive raised a total of $123,194.60 across the entire territory of Vaudreuil-Soulanges, of Haut-Saint-Laurent, of Valleyfield and Huntington. Thanks to the generosity of people and the time given by all the volunteers present, the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region raised a record amount of $48,570.30, representing a little more than double the amount raised in 2019. Of this amount, the Club Richelieu Dorion-Vaudreuil offered a donation of $2,500.
“I’ve been organizing The Media Food Drive in the region for about 10 years and I’ve never seen that”, said Marie-Andrée Prévost, president of the board of directors of Moisson Sud-Ouest and owner of VIVA MEDIA, still moved by the generosity of people
