For 11 days this fall, scarecrows are turning into Sharecrows and they are now officially up!
For the 7th year, the founding host Chantry Island Cham-bettes’ food drive starts today across Saugeen Shores running from October 20th to 31st.
This year, Sharecrows was also named the 2026 Innovative Business of the Year at the Saugeen Shores Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards gala on October 16th.
Sharecrows started in Saugeen Shores during COVID as a safe, creative way for the community to come together. It has since grown into a ready-to-run, 12-day food drive that service clubs can host in their own towns. This fall, it’s running in four communities: Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Welland and Petrolia.
The event is to not just feed people, but to feed community, creativity and change.
Together, participating communities have raised $44,000 and collected 29 tonnes of food for local food banks, with the majority coming from right here in Saugeen Shores.
That’s ≈ 29 tonnes, or roughly 54,000 meals (at the standard 1.2 lbs per meal). And this is just the beginning. Picture these numbers multiplied across every town that joins. Help us grow them – and take a real bite out of food insecurity, community by community.
For more information visit: sharecrows.org/clubs/saugeen-shores, then visit the displays and drop non-perishables in the TREAT BINs along the way.
Visit us on Donation Day, November 1st at the Boathouse in Southampton, and drop off your donation or make a donation on our website or through the QR code. There are lots of ways to play with us.
