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CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season raises $660K for local food banks

The final total for money and food donated for Sounds of the Season CBC Toronto's annual charity drive are in and higher than ever before.

9,558 kilograms of food also donated as part of charity drive

CBC Toronto's annual charity drive, Sounds of the Season, raised $661,204 for local food banks this year and received 9,558kilograms of food.

That's considerably more money than 2014, when$576,683 was raised,but only about half of the 19,116kilogramsof food donated a year ago.

The money raised from the event goes to support five GTA food banks:Daily Bread Food Bank, TheMississaugaFood Bank, North York Harvest Food Bank,LifeCorpsFood Share and Feed the Need in Durham.

The charity drive began onDec. 4 at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto with an open house and a day oflive music and programmingonradio and television,raising $310,000 on that day alone.

Thousandsof people arrivedfor the kick-off some as early as3 a.m. to ensure they gota seat.

Donation pages are open until the end of January. If you'd like to donate, find out howhere.