For more than 25 years, M&M Food Market franchisees in 460 communities across Canada grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for Charity BBQ Day, raising money for research to find a cure for Crohn’s and colitis.
For only $2.50 to $3 (more, if you were generous), you’d receive a hamburger or hot dog, a drink and a bag of chips. In 2007, this event raised $1.91 million – every penny going directly to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada.
As I have mentioned before, Son #2 has Crohn’s, so we were sometimes spotted eating and sometimes flipping burgers in Oakville!
(Updated April 2019. M&M no longer sponsors this event, but it generated more than $24 million for medical research dedicated to finding a cure for Crohn’s and colitis.)
Sue, I think it’s wonderful that you are volunteering to raise funds to find a cure. Part of me, however, blanches at the selling of hot dogs, chips and pop for anything related to health and wellness. I guess no one would show up for salad and tofu! 😉
I know – we won’t win points from nutritionists for giving out chips! But having volunteered at this before, I can tell you that people gobble them up…