{"id":35880,"date":"2025-02-20T14:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35880"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:02:58","slug":"trivia-is-anything-but-trivial-for-yrnf-and-upcoming-winterfresh-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/trivia-is-anything-but-trivial-for-yrnf-and-upcoming-winterfresh-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Trivia is anything but trivial for YRNF and upcoming Winterfresh gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trivia has proved anything but trivial for the York Region Food Network as they mark 10 years of quizzing the community through Winterfresh, their largest annual fundraiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The milestone tenth edition of Winterfresh: A Trivia Night Extravaganza will be held February 28 from 5 \u2013 10 p.m. at Aurora\u2019s Stonehaven Banquet Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event aims to raise $40,000 to benefit community food programs this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you ready to have a blast while making a difference in the lives of those struggling with food insecurity in York Region? We invite you to join us for our 10th Annual Winterfresh, a thrilling and intellectually stimulating trivia night fundraiser that promises not only a fantastic time, but also incredible benefits for our community!\u201d says the YRFN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winterfresh, which is once again being organized by YRFN\u2019s Joanne Witt, will not only include gameplay, but a three-course meal, booze pull, live auction, prizes and raffles, and much more \u2013 all emceed by Javed Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWinterfresh itself was started by our very first Board Members as a way to raise funds and programs for the services we offer and it has always been a trivia night, which people love,\u201d says Witt, YRFN\u2019s Director of Fund Development. \u201cI think trivia is a fundraiser nobody else is doing. Lots of people do walks, golf tournaments, and lots of different types of events, but nobody is doing a trivia event and that seems to get people in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting so much support from our fellow not-for-profits \u2013 ones we collaborate with and others just ones we have good relationships with \u2013 support what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support has also come through from title sponsor Magna International, locally-owned businesses like MR Menswear, which has donated for auction a consultation and gift card, while Westjet has donated two tickets to wherever they fly, and Costco Newmarket a $500 gift card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Rocca Creative Cakes are also supplying an array of their signature baked goods which, under a glass dome, will form the centrepieces at each table, which will also be auctioned to support their $40,000 goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of the programs and services we provide are really geared to being able to help get fresh produce, fresh fruit, everything into the hands of those who are really struggling with food insecurity,\u201d says Witt. \u201cThe money will also go to our garden programs. One of the things we want to work on this year is, because we have waiting lists for people who want to have a plot in one of the community gardens we help manage throughout York Region, we\u2019re taking some of the bigger plots and we\u2019re going to build garden beds in some of those bigger plots. We\u2019re going to be able to bring three of those beautiful garden beds in each of those spots, so one spot turns into three spots and we can start getting people off our wait lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs more and more people are struggling with the prices in the grocery stores and who knows what\u2019s going to be happening with tariffs and everything coming out of the U.S., more and more people are looking to grow their own produce. We\u2019re trying to make more space so that we can help more people have their own plots. These people [often] live in basement apartments, condos, and they don\u2019t have a property to do it themselves, so they look at these kinds of opportunities to be a part of a community garden so they can have that space to grow whatever they want in there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funds raised will also support their Fresh Food Markets, which bring seasonal produce to various York Region locations at highly affordable prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on Winterfresh 2025, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Joanne Witt, Director of Fund Development, at joannew@yrfn.ca or 905-841-3101 x202, or visit yrfn.ca\/event\/winterfresh-2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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