After a two-year hiatus from in-person meetings, Guys Who Care North Simcoe finally returned to a live get-together.
From the three local charities presented at the recent meeting, the Midland food bank run by the Salvation Army was selected as the recipient of the funds raised.
And earlier this week, the philanthropic organization presented a cheque for $16,240 the Salvation Army’s Kim Duquette and Aimee Thomas of the Salvation outside the Dominion Avenue food bank.
“Guys Who Care have now been in existence for 5 1/2 years and in that time have raised and donated over $266,000 to 12 local charities,” organization co-founder Andrew Combes said, noting that despite heavy rains the recent spring meeting was well attended.
At each meeting, three names are drawn from a hat and the three chosen Guys give a short pitch on why the group as a whole should choose his preferred charity.
After three pitches and a short question and answer session, the Guys vote by ballot with the winning charity receiving all the funds raised at the meeting, Combes said.
Added Combes: “The Guys organization has no overheads and every single dollar raised goes directly to the beneficiary charities.”
If you would like to learn more about Guys Who Care, check out their website. They're also on Facebook.
