The Oh Hi Guys are Giving Back. 

Here's How You Can Help. 

It’s an understatement to say that the Tri-City area has been good to us. That's why this holiday season we’re giving back to the community and we invite you to do the same. Donate to our Food and Funds Drive to support the local food banks and for a chance to win a grand prize. 

If you want to do even more, keep scrolling for 11 unique ways to give back to your community this giving season.

Donate to the Oh Hi Guys' Food and Funds drive for your chance to win a $100 gift card to a local Tri-Cities Restaurant.
The highest individual donation will be given the coveted title of "2022 Oh Hi Guys Humanitarian of the Year"

Here's how to participate:

  1. Choose how you want to donate: Funds or Food
  2. Complete the form and follow the instructions
  3. Funds can be donated online via credit card or a cash pick up can be arranged
  4. Food can be dropped off in Kitchener-Waterloo or a pick up can be arranged
  5. Donations Close December 23rd.
Our Food and Funds Drive is back for 2022! PLUS there are more ways you can give back to the community. Check out our list of local charities below.

11 More Ways to Give Back

There are so many incredible people in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph communities who have made it possible for all of us to donate time, food, presents, and of course monetary funds to those less fortunate. 

In order to help spread the word and support these selfless organizations and individuals, we’re sharing some charities we believe are worth donating to this giving season and how you can contribute.

The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

The Waterloo Food Bank has been supporting the most at risk members of the Waterloo community for years through food drives and monetary donations from generous individuals.

How You Can Help

How to Donate Funds to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region

  1. Visit the food bank website donation page

  2. Choose from the suggested donation amounts or write in your own

  3. Fill out your payment information and click donate

How to Run a Food & Fund Drive

Click here for full details

  1. Plan an awesome event

  2. Set a goal

  3. Register your food and fund drive. Click here to register

  4. Tell everyone what you’re doing

  5. Make your donation
    The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
    50 Alpine Court
    Kitchener, ON N2E 2M7

Cambridge Food Bank

The Cambridge Food Bank first opened its doors in 1985 in response to a severe economic recession and has been working towards a compassionate, equitable community, where everyone is nourished, ever since.

How You Can Help

How to Donate Food to the Cambridge Food Bank

  1. Gather food items that you would eat, preferably fresh, local, and seasonal food. Check the Good Food list here if you’re still not sure what to donate.

  2. Donate the food items.
    1. Take your food to any participating grocery store bin 
      Zehrs Hespeler 180 Holiday Inn Drive
      Food Basics Hespeler 100 Jamieson Pkwy.
      No Frills 980 Franklin Blvd.
      FreshCo. 75 Dundas Street North
      FreshCo. 1 Hespeler Road
      Zehrs Cambridge Centre 400 Conestoga Blvd.
      Zehrs South Cambridge 200 Franklin Blvd.
      Sobeys 130 Cedar Street
      Food Basics Galt 99 Water Street North
      Foodland Ayr 1011 Northumberland Street
    2. For large drop offs call 519-622-6550 x105 to arrange a time for the donation to take place at 54 Ainslie St. South, Cambridge

How to Donate Funds to the Cambridge Food Bank

  1. Visit the food bank website funds donation page
  2. Enter your donation amount for a one time donation or set up a recurring monthly donation 
  3. Fill out your payment information and click donate

OR

Send a cheque by mail to:Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank54 Ainslie Street SouthCambridge, ON Canada N1R 3K3

How to Run a Food Drive for the Cambridge Food Bank

  1. Visit the food bank website food drive page
  2. Fill out the form OR email bfaulds@cambridgefoodbank.on.ca OR call 519-622-6550 ext. 105

For more information view the How to Run a Food Drive Guide

Guelph Food Bank

Founded in 1989, the Guelph Food Bank supports the most vulnerable members of the Guelph community by facilitating food drives and old car donations.

How You Can Help

How to Donate Funds to the Guelph Food Bank

  1. Visit the food bank website donation page

  2. Enter your donation amount for a one time donation or set up a recurring monthly donation

  3. Fill out your payment information and click donate

How to Donate Your Car to the Guelph Food Bank

Old cars, new cars, running cars, or not! The process is easy and won’t cost you anything.

  1. Visit the food bank website car donation page

  2. Fill out the form

  3. Confirm information and terms

  4. Finish the online process

  5. Await the pick up from a tow truck driver organized by the Guelph Food Bank

Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington

The Adopt-A-Family Program matches donors with families in need in order to make Christmas shine a little brighter. Families are referred by social service agencies who have identified they are in need.

How You Can Help

How to Adopt-A-Family

  1. Visit the Children’s Foundation website Adopt-A-Family page

  2. Fill out the form, including:

    1. Your contact information

    2. Your budget

    3. Additional information

  3. Await the christmas list of your “adopted family”

  4. Buy the gifts on the list (wrapping is optional)

  5. Drop off the gifts at:Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington87 Waterloo AvenueGuelph, OntarioN1H 3H6

How to Donate Funds to the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington

  1. Visit the Children’s Foundation website donation page

  2. Choose from the suggested donation amounts or write in your own

  3. Fill out your payment information and click donate

How to Host a Toy & Gift Drive for the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington

  1. Visit the Children’s Foundation website drive page

  2. Register your toy and gift drive by filling out the form on the page

  3. Tell everyone what you’re doing

  4. Host your toy and gift drive

  5. Make your donation as early as possible, “Santa’s Shop” Opens on November 15th and will be accepting items until approximately December 8th.

KW SERTOMA Club

For over 54 years, the KW Sertoma Club has been running this program, ensuring that children in the KW area will wake up to something they wished for on Christmas morning. 

How You Can Help

How to Sponsor a Child or Family

  1. Contact KW SERTOMA to register Store: 519-748-1331 (Dec. Only)Home: 519-743-9725Email: christmasmiracle@kwsertoma.ca

  2. Choose a Child or a Family from various names and ages with a suggested cost of sponsoring a child at $100.00

  3. Purchase the gifts for your child/family

  4. Drop them off at the store location when it becomes available November 20th to December 18th, 2021.77 Borden Ave. N. Kitchener ON N2H 3J2

Terms and Conditions for Food and Funds Drive Contest

General Information

1) Oh Hi Guys Holiday Food and Funds Drive

2) November 15th, 2021, 2PM EDT

3) December 10th, 2021, 11:59:59 EDT

4) Contest is open to anyone in Canada, Excluding Quebec
Food Donations are limited to the Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge region

5) Contest is only available in English

6) Oh Hi Guys is located at Trillium West's Headquarters
240 Duke St W , Kitchener, ON, N2H 3X6, Canada

7) View Oh Hi Guys' Privacy Policy

Number of Entries and How to Enter the Contest

8) Donations to the Oh Hi Guys' Food and Funds automatically enters you into the draw for the grand prize.

9) Entries are limited to one per person.

10) Name and email are required to participate, pick up locations are required for physical donations.

Prizes, Selection & Restrictions

11) Grand Prize is a $200 gift card to a Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph restaurant of the winner's choice. Limited to a selection of restaurants provided at entry.

12) Prizes will be distributed at the convenience of the winner between January 1st and 31st 2022

13) Prize Winner Selection and Notification Details:1) We will contact the winner in the week of December 13th 2) The winner has until January 14th to claim the prize?

Contest and Sweepstakes Draw

14) The draw will be done 3 times in the event a winner cannot be determined in the previous attempts.

Odds of Winning

15) Odds of winning are dependant on the number of individual entries

No Purchase

16) No Purchase Required, donation of food or funds required for entry.

Skill Testing Question

17) Skill testing question will be applied at entry (10+2=?)

Miscellaneous

18) Entrants will abide by all applicable laws including privacy policies and  the use of entry information from entrants will only be used for the purpose of the contest administration unless they have specifically and clearly opted in in writing.

 

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