Lunch proceeds benefit hospital

Women and children at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Ontario, can rest easier now, because of the Kiwanis Club of Cambridge and hundreds of volunteers.

Volunteers at the 21st Annual Kiwanis Ploughman’s Lunch served 1,500 meals at CDN$10 each for the fundraiser, turning the hospital’s front parking lot into a makeshift drive-thru cafeteria. Kiwanians and other volunteers packed the lunches using an assembly-line formation, and served them to customers who walked up to the tent or drove in. Some lunches even were delivered.

The fundraiser was a huge success, according to club president Deb Mosey.

“I personally get such a rewarding feeling seeing the community come together at our event under the tent, as well as the whole club spirit in assembling the lunches prior. …It is volunteering at its very best!” she says.

The money donated equaled $9,000 (after expenses) and went toward buying new beds for the women and children unit at the hospital.