Lindsay Decan, Cole Crawford, and Jennifer Crawford volunteer for the Chatham Goodfellows 2021 Street Sales (Photo submitted by the Chatham Goodfellows)Lindsay Decan, Cole Crawford, and Jennifer Crawford volunteer for the Chatham Goodfellows 2021 Street Sales (Photo submitted by the Chatham Goodfellows)
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Porchlight comes up big for Chatham Goodfellows

By Cheryl Johnstone
November 30, 2021 - 9:45am

After a year off due to COVID-19, the Porchlight campaign came back in a big way.

On Monday night volunteers for the Chatham Goodfellows went door-to-door and collected $50,087 in donations.

That's up from 2019 when they brought in $31,400. Porchlight was a virtual fundraiser in 2020.

The Chatham Goodfellows will be at the Real Canadian Superstore in Chatham on Tuesday with Blackburn Media for their annual "Santa's Day Off" toy drive.

Street sales will go Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th. Volunteers will be outside local businesses collecting donations.

The Goodfellows office is open until Friday, December 3rd. Food and toy hamper pick-up will take place on December 17th and 18th. at the from Sears store in the Downtown Chatham Centre.

For more information, visit www.chathamgoodfellows.ca.

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