Make the Season Kind

Your gift today will ensure families facing hunger can access the food they need

Since 2002, CBC Toronto has raised over $11 million in support of food banks across Ontario through its annual holiday fundraiser, Make the Season Kind (formerly Sounds of the Season). This year, with food bank use at unprecedented levels, every contribution is critical. 

Make a financial gift 

Online: Click your local food bank’s button below to donate. 

Click here to donate to a participating food bank outside of the GTA. 

By phone (in December): Please call our operators at 1-866-416-KIND [5463]. 

The donation hotline will be staffed 8:30am – 4:30pm every weekday (except holidays) from December 1-31, except December 6, when lines will be open from 5:30am – 7:00pm. 

If we are unable to answer your call, please leave a message and a member of our team will get back to you as quickly as possible. 

Thank you for supporting your local food bank this holiday season through CBC’s Make the Season Kind campaign! 

Learn more about Food Banks Mississauga

Learn more about Knights Table 

Learn more about Food Bank of York Region

Support Provincial Programs

Learn more about Feed Ontario

Other ways to support 

Join the CBC School Challenge!  

Calling all publicly funded elementary schools across Ontario.  

The CBC School Challenge invites students and teachers to explore how food insecurity is impacting their local community. 

Tune in December 6 for a special day of CBC programming

Tune in for a special Make the Season Kind edition of Metro Morning (5:30-8:30am) or Here & Now (3:00-6:00pm) live from CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio on Friday, December 6. You’ll enjoy musical performances, surprise guests and insightful interviews on the state of food insecurity in Toronto. Want to be in the live audience? Admission is free, but all seats have now been reserved (although the waitlist is open).

If you didn’t get a seat, you can still come to CBC Toronto at 250 Front St. W. There will be an overflow space available and attendees will be invited inside if seats open up. Make a day of it; in between the Make the Season Kind shows, CBC personalities are also hosting live editions of Laugh Out Loud and Bookends, and there will be a fun photobooth, Tim Hortons coffee and CBC host meet-and-greets in the atrium. Find out more.

Participate in the “12 Days of Giving”

Want to teach your children about the importance of giving and helping others?  

Perfect for families with young children, “12 Days of Giving” is a great food-donation activity to prompt conversations with kids about hunger, poverty, privilege, social justice, and empathy.  

Thank you for supporting your local food bank this holiday season!