Heading for a record for Sing-In charity drive for NDG Food Depot

Thank you, Montreal!

By the end of a full day of live broadcasts from theNDG FoodDepot,CBC Montreal's Christmas Sing-In charity drive hadbroughtin more than $35,000 for the non-profit organization.

That's a record-breaking amount, even beating out last year's unsurpassed total of $30,516.70.

The depot, which has been serving the community since 1986, is a non-profit organization that distributes food to thousands of families in NDG, Westmount and Montreal West.

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• CBC's Christmas Sing-In helps raise more than $44K for the NDG Food Depot

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Where does your donation end up?

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• $2 = buys healthy snacks in a kids' lunch for a week.
• $5 = buys basic vegetables for a family with 2 children's emergency food basket.
• $20 = buys fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and milk for that family for a month.

The 35th anniversary edition of the Sing-In collected $9,390 in voluntary donations to the free event, bringing the total funds collected for the NDG Food Depotby Dec. 13 to $44,822.

It's not too late to make your contribution!Donations will be accepted until Jan. 4, 2016.