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RED FM listeners raise over $600,000 for Guru Nanak Food Bank

Darpan News Desk RED FM, 09 Nov, 2022 04:05 PM

Surrey – Listeners of No.1 South Asian radio station CKYE 93.1 & 89.1 RED FM raised over $600,000 during RED FM's annual radiothon on the occasion of Guru Nanak Gurpurab (birth anniversary of Sikh’s first guru). The funds raised will benefit Guru Nanak Food Bank.

The fundraiser radiothon started taking pledges from donors at 6:00 am and went on till 10:00 pm on Tuesday, Nov 8^th, 2022. Thousands of people made their pledges over the phone, and hundreds walked into the RED FM studio to donate money.

RED FM’s President & CEO Kulwinder Sanghera thanked all the donors for their generosity. “The dependency on the food banks across Canada has never been so high and therefore, we decided to raise funds for local a food bank in Surrey. And as expected the response was overwhelming”.

“Even when inflation is all time high, the community, South Asian, Punjabi community, never gets tired of giving back and helping during difficult times. I feel so proud, and I would like to thank each listener who either donated over the phone or walked into our studio to pledge their donation”.

Guru Nanak Food Bank’s Narinder Singh said, “This radiothon’s success is an example of Canadian values. This is a perfect example of everyone in the Punjabi community and South Asian community at large, including community leaders, businesses and media, coming together to help out those in need. This is what we stand for.”

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