CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season raises $660K for local food banks

CBC Toronto's annual charity drive, Sounds of the Season, raised $661,204 for local food banks this year and received 9,558kilograms of food.

That's considerably more money than 2014, when$576,683 was raised,but only about half of the 19,116kilogramsof food donated a year ago.

• Sounds of the Season off to strong start: $310K raised

• Snapshots from Sounds of the Season in Toronto

The money raised from the event goes to support five GTA food banks:Daily Bread Food Bank, TheMississaugaFood Bank, North York Harvest Food Bank,LifeCorpsFood Share and Feed the Need in Durham.

The charity drive began onDec. 4 at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto with an open house and a day oflive music and programmingonradio and television,raising $310,000 on that day alone.

Thousandsof people arrivedfor the kick-off some as early as3 a.m. to ensure they gota seat.

Donation pages are open until the end of January. If you'd like to donate, find out howhere.