When Adrienne Betts and her husband Mike Boersma of Granny鈥檚 Cafe set up a food booth at the 32nd annual Summerland Festival of Lights, they ended up bringing back more food than they had anticipated.
They used the leftover food as a fundrising opportunity for the Summerland Fire Department鈥檚 Toys and Toonies for Tots and Teens gift drive.
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鈥淩ather than having a wonderful from-scratch meal go to waste, we immediately decided to host a free community meal the next day,鈥� Betts said. 鈥淓veryone welcome, by donation if you have it, free if you need it.鈥�
More than $500 was collected from the event and the money was passed on to the fire department for the gift drive.
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