{"id":34112,"date":"2024-01-25T20:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34112"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:13:36","slug":"winterfresh-is-an-evening-of-fun-that-will-foster-fresh-food-programs-in-aurora-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/winterfresh-is-an-evening-of-fun-that-will-foster-fresh-food-programs-in-aurora-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"WinterFresh is an evening of fun that will foster fresh food programs in Aurora, beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you think of fresh food, the Canadian winter isn\u2019t often the first season that comes to mind \u2013 but the seeds set to be sown by the community at WinterFresh next Friday, February 2, will come into full bloom later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WinterFresh, a Trivia Night Extravaganza hosted by the York Region Food Network at the Stonehaven Banquet Hall on Eric T. Smith Way, will be a fun way for residents to \u201ctest their knowledge for a cause.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proceeds from the event will benefit food security programs spearheaded by the York Region Food Network (YRFN), including expanding its Affordable Fresh Food Market to all nine York Region municipalities, including Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of our new programs that has been incredibly successful is the Affordable Fresh Food Market, and the funds from WinterFresh will be going to food markets that we\u2019re hosting in York Region in some of the communities that are identified as lower-income communities,\u201d says YRFN\u2019s Joanne Witt. \u201cWe are taking these Affordable Fresh Food Markets right to the community so they can come to it; it\u2019s pay-what-you-can but, if they can\u2019t, we\u2019re not letting anyone leave empty-handed! It\u2019s an opportunity for people to come and get fresh produce right in their neighbourhood, right in their community, to be able to use for dinners with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Affordable Fresh Food Markets are currently in Newmarket, Stouffville, Georgina, Markham and Richmond Hill and we have received some seed money from the Region of York to get them going and we\u2019re hoping by the end of 2024 we\u2019ll have the Affordable Fresh Food Markets in all nine municipalities in York Region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s WinterFresh is the ninth such event hosted by the YRFN and is the first to be held since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a trivia fundraiser, ticket-holding individuals, couples, teams and tables have the opportunity to test their skills in a variety of areas, including food. There will be a three-course dinner as well, followed by raffles, prizes, and a booze pull, where each ticket-purchaser will receive a mystery tipple with a value of at least $20 \u2013 determined by the number on the ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun and you know you\u2019re going to get at least the value of what you\u2019ve paid,\u201d says Witt. \u201cYou might get lucky and get something of an even higher value!\u201d In addition, we\u2019re having a live auction \u2013 we have a donation from Costco of a $500 gift card, an amazing hand-made acoustic guitar-shaped fire pit that was created and donated by a gentleman, and we also have our cake auction. We\u2019re looking forward to it being another great event for us. We\u2019re still looking for sponsors and live auction prize donors. We have some people who aren\u2019t able to attend who have either donated to the event or purchased tickets that can be used\u2026 maybe by some of our volunteers or people that we support who would love to be at the event but maybe it is not within their budget to be able to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All money raised from WinterFresh will go back into the Affordable Fresh Food Market and will be used to secure fresh produce, \u201cespecially at this time of year when our farmer partners don\u2019t really have much to give us because it is the winter, but we have local businesses, restaurants and grocery stores that, during the winter months, we can buy produce from them either at cost or at a really discounted rate to make sure we have lots to take to the markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun night for people who like trivia or just spending some time with friends and family at an event \u2013 and it just supports a great cause!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on WinterFresh 2024, including tickets and sponsorship information, or for any other York Region Food Network programs, visit www.yrfn.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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