During the holiday season, Radio-Canada plans Make the season enjoyable.

In recent years we have held our annual conference The sounds of the season event, often as a stop for listeners and the community to see one of our shows broadcast live. This year, even though the name and format change, the goal remains the same: it is about helping those who experience food insecurity in our communities.

This year, our journalists will be out in the community collecting stories about the different ways people are organizing the season.

According to Feed Ontario, more than a million people living in Ontario turned to food banks over a 12-month period starting in spring 2023.

The organization represents a network of more than 1,200 food banks and hunger relief organizations across the province.

The record number of visitors to Ontario’s food banks represents a 25 per cent increase from the previous fiscal year, according to the group.

Northeastern Ontario follows the same general trend.

Dan Xilon, executive director of the Sudbury Food Bank, told CBC News earlier this year that demand had increased by 18 per cent.

At CBC Sudbury, we are doing our part to support the Sudbury Food Bank with our Make the season enjoyable campaign.

Donate to the Sudbury Food Bank

Among the stories we plan to collect and present on radio and the webMorning North Producer Erik White will connect with Sudbury’s Nigerian community and ride his wand on his float in the city’s well-attended Santa Claus parade. The Nigerian tank made its first appearance last year and was a great success. This time we’re going to roll around and capture the atmosphere and fun and replay it during the holiday season. .

In the NorthJonathan Pinto and Bridget Yard of , will be visiting the downtown Sudbury market this month to showcase its Christmas theme. They will talk to sellers and buyers about how to help people facing food insecurity and the challenges small business owners and artists face today.

Reporter Kate Rutherford will visit the Sudbury Seniors Centre, which prepares and serves low-cost hot lunches for seniors. It has also just introduced a new feature, allowing people to pay for a hot takeaway lunch for another elderly person, and to do so anonymously.

Kate will come on the day when older people collect their meal parcels (which contain enough food for two meals) and she will speak to those who prepare the meals, as well as those who pay and those who receive.

We have other ideas in the works, but you’ll have to stay tuned Morning North And In the Northwithout forgetting the CBC Sudbury web page, to follow all our Make the season enjoyable blanket.