CTV Morning Live Holiday Helpers Food Drive raises record $387,000 for Ottawa Food Bank

The CTV Morning Live Holiday Helpers Food Drive raised a record $387,485 on Friday to help support the Ottawa Food Bank through the holiday season and into 2025.

Ottawa residents, businesses, organizations, emergency services and sports teams have helped fill the shelves at the Ottawa Food Bank.

The CTV Morning Live Holiday Helpers Food Drive raised a record $387,485 on Friday to help support the food bank through the holiday season and into 2025.

"A huge number," Rachael Wilson, CEO of the Ottawa Food Bank, said Friday morning.

"An amazing day; absolutely incredible."

"We have to spend $10 million a year on food every year, half of that is fresh. This is going to go so far supporting hundreds of people in our city for weeks to come."

During the three-hour live broadcast on CTV Morning Live, donations of all sizes were dropped off to support the Ottawa Food Bank.  The donations included $10,000 from Doyle Salewski, $102,416 from Capcorp financial, $110,000 from CLV Group and $35,000 from Amazon Web Services.